~~~OLIVER, Harold Bruce_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~
Parents:--- David William Oliver and Gladys Eileen Winn, married 1917 in Armidale,NSW.
RAAF Service No:--- 403368
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Education:---Armidale High School (1930-35), New South Wales, Australia
Home Town:--- Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Trade/Calling:--- Stock Station Agent
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr David Oliver, 11 Faulkner St, Armidale, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 6th January 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron, RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave. Their names are commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Commemorated:--- Armidale Dumaresq Council War Memorial Library, Armidale NSW.
Parents:--- David William Oliver and Gladys Eileen Winn, married 1917 in Armidale,NSW.
RAAF Service No:--- 403368
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Education:---Armidale High School (1930-35), New South Wales, Australia
Home Town:--- Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Trade/Calling:--- Stock Station Agent
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr David Oliver, 11 Faulkner St, Armidale, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 6th January 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron, RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave. Their names are commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Commemorated:--- Armidale Dumaresq Council War Memorial Library, Armidale NSW.
~~~OLIVER, Harold Bruce_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~
Parents:--- David William Oliver and Gladys Eileen Winn, married 1917 in Armidale,NSW.
RAAF Service No:--- 403368
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Education:---Armidale High School (1930-35), New South Wales, Australia
Home Town:--- Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Trade/Calling:--- Stock Station Agent
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr David Oliver, 11 Faulkner St, Armidale, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 6th January 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron, RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave. Their names are commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Commemorated:--- Armidale Dumaresq Council War Memorial Library, Armidale NSW.
Parents:--- David William Oliver and Gladys Eileen Winn, married 1917 in Armidale,NSW.
RAAF Service No:--- 403368
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Education:---Armidale High School (1930-35), New South Wales, Australia
Home Town:--- Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Trade/Calling:--- Stock Station Agent
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr David Oliver, 11 Faulkner St, Armidale, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 6th January 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron, RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave. Their names are commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing, Runnymede, Surrey, UK.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Commemorated:--- Armidale Dumaresq Council War Memorial Library, Armidale NSW.
Inscription
No known grave, "Their glory shall not be blotted out".
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Sergeant Harold Bruce OLIVER_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_#403368.
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