Pilot Officer John Michael JOYCE-CLARKE and Flying Officer John Douglas Bias ROWLANDS lost their lives in the crash of 1 Anti Aircraft Co-op's De Havilland Tiger Moth II (#N6719) aircraft which was lost at sea. The aircraft was flying low when it hit the sea off Weybourne, Norfolk.
Flying Officer Rowlands body was recovered on 26 April; he was laid to rest with full military honours on 1 May 1942.
1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: Rowlands, John D. B.---Age: 23
District: Fakenham (Volume & Page: 4b & 460)
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Service No: 403005
Age: 23
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Unit: 1 Anti Aircraft Co-op (1 AACU); RAF Langham, Norfolk
[No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit was based on the Langham field until towards the end of 1942, providing target-towing facilities for the Army firing camps at Stiffkey.]
A grazier by trade, he was the son of Robert George and Eileen Doris Rowlands of Mandurama, New South Wales, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
John Douglas Bias Rowlands' name is located at panel 129 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Pilot Officer John Michael JOYCE-CLARKE and Flying Officer John Douglas Bias ROWLANDS lost their lives in the crash of 1 Anti Aircraft Co-op's De Havilland Tiger Moth II (#N6719) aircraft which was lost at sea. The aircraft was flying low when it hit the sea off Weybourne, Norfolk.
Flying Officer Rowlands body was recovered on 26 April; he was laid to rest with full military honours on 1 May 1942.
1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: Rowlands, John D. B.---Age: 23
District: Fakenham (Volume & Page: 4b & 460)
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Service No: 403005
Age: 23
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Unit: 1 Anti Aircraft Co-op (1 AACU); RAF Langham, Norfolk
[No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit was based on the Langham field until towards the end of 1942, providing target-towing facilities for the Army firing camps at Stiffkey.]
A grazier by trade, he was the son of Robert George and Eileen Doris Rowlands of Mandurama, New South Wales, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
John Douglas Bias Rowlands' name is located at panel 129 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
"FOR I
IN THY HEART HAD DWELLING
AND THOU HAST
IN MINE FOREVER"
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