Netherlands War Grave Photos Required

NETHERLANDS PHOTOS NOW COMPLETED - THANK YOU

Comments or queries still welcome.

Netherlands requirements remaining.

If you can assist I would be most appreciative.


CHARLES, THOMAS ERIC Flying Officer 412902 97sq 30/01/1944 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 6. BARSINGERHORN (KOLHORN) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland Sylvi de Olde

LAW, NORMAN CHARLES Flying Officer 415432 97sq 30/01/1944 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 7. BARSINGERHORN (KOLHORN) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland Sylvi de Olde

WISHART, RODGER PERYMAN Flight Lieutenant 400907 97sq 30/01/1944 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 5. BARSINGERHORN (KOLHORN) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland Sylvi de Olde

BERRY, WESTON ROBERT Flight Sergeant 33396 12sq 12/06/1943 29 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 689. BEVERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland Sylvie de Olde

BOAL, HAROLD JAMES Flight Sergeant 409497 97sq 31/01/1944 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot B. Row C. Coll. grave 15. HAARLEMMERMEER (ZWANENBURG) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland Paul Moerenhout

HART, ALLAN ROBERT Pilot Officer 412434 463sq 31/01/1944 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot B. Row C. Coll. grave 15. HAARLEMMERMEER (ZWANENBURG) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Noord-Holland Richard Heus

BUTLER-WILLIAMS , GEOFFREY HUGH Sergeant 402848 12sq RAF 3/07/1942 24 Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Plot 2. Row A. Grave 5. LAREN (BARCHEM) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Gelderland

RENDLE, PATRICK WILLIAM JAMES Flight Sergeant 420055 78sq 29/06/1943 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Row 4. Grave 157. MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Limburg Completed - Pieter F - Thank You

BIFFEN, JACK STANLEY Flight Sergeant 411839 460sq 24/05/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 3. Row 1. Grave 748. SCHOONEBEEK (OUD SCHOONEBEEK) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Drenthe

DAVIS, BERESFORD MILTON TROY Flight Sergeant 405966 460sq 24/05/1943 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 3. Row 1. Grave 752. SCHOONEBEEK (OUD SCHOONEBEEK) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Drenthe

DYCE, KENNETH DOUGLAS Flight Sergeant 412411 460sq 24/05/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 3. Row 1. Grave 753. SCHOONEBEEK (OUD SCHOONEBEEK) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Drenthe

WRIGHT, CHARLES SINCLAIR Flight Sergeant 421066 460sq 24/05/1943 25 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 3. Row 1. Grave 749. SCHOONEBEEK (OUD SCHOONEBEEK) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Drenthe

LANE, JEFFREY GORDON Flight Sergeant 25514 625sq RAF 13/06/1944 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Joint grave 80. SPANBROEK CHURCHYARD Netherlands Noord-Holland Completed - Thank You - Sylvie de Olde

TAINSH, CHARLES STIRLING DUNDAS Flight Sergeant 418583 625sq RAF 13/06/1944 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Joint grave 80. SPANBROEK CHURCHYARD Netherlands Noord-Holland Completed - Thank You - Sylvie de Olde

KIRKLAND, KENNETH HERBERT WILLIAM Pilot Officer 412972 106sq RAF 30/01/1944 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 69. VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Friesland Completed - Thank You - Vlieland War Graves

O'SULLIVAN, JOHN GREGORY Sergeant 403432 1481 Flight RAF 26/06/1942 30 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 48. VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Friesland Completed - Thank You - Vlieland War Graves

REU, ROBERT GARTH Flight Sergeant 417416 467sq 28/07/1943 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 67. VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Friesland Completed - Thank You - Vlieland War Graves

 

We are planning to go to Vlieland, but can't give a date yet

 

We are planning to go to Vlieland, but can't give a date yet

Thanks Philip.

I am driving from Arnhem to Rheinberg Cemetery in Germany to get my 245 headstones there.

Are any of the remaining cemeteries close or nearby this route?

Cheers

Geoff

 

Nope Geoff, even Maastricht is out of line

 

Name: RENDLE, PATRICK WILLIAM JAMES
Initials: P W J
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 22
Date of Death: 29/06/1943
Service No: 420055
Additional information: Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Kathleen Rendle, of West Coburg, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 4. Grave 157.
Cemetery: MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY

 

Bugger, I m staying about once a year in a place 30 km from SCHOONEBEEK. Been there in January.... When/if I go again I will let you know.

Regards,

Marco

 

KIRKLAND, KENNETH HERBERT WILLIAM Pilot Officer 412972 106sq RAF 30/01/1944 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 69. VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Friesland



SOURCE : Vlieland War Graves: Kirkland

 

O'SULLIVAN, JOHN GREGORY Sergeant 403432 1481 Flight RAF 26/06/1942 30 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 48. VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Friesland



SOURCE : Vlieland War Graves: O'Sullivan

 

REU, ROBERT GARTH Flight Sergeant 417416 467sq 28/07/1943 20 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 67. VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands Friesland



SOURCE : Vlieland War Graves: Reu

 

Name: RENDLE, PATRICK WILLIAM JAMES
Initials: P W J
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 22
Date of Death: 29/06/1943
Service No: 420055
Additional information: Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Kathleen Rendle, of West Coburg, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 4. Grave 157.
Cemetery: MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY



Thanks Pieter,

Great help.


Cheers

Geoff

 

Thanks Phil,

I have credited Vlieland War Graves.

Cheers

Geoff

 

We are planning to go to Vlieland, but can't give a date yet

Thanks anyway for the offer Philip.

Phil found them for me on the net!

Cheers

Geoff

 

Name: HART, ALLAN ROBERT
Initials: A R
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Unit Text: 97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 31/01/1944
Service No: 412434
Additional information: Son of Norman James Hart and Ruby Agnes Hart, of Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot B. Row C. Coll. grave 15.
Cemetery: HAARLEMMERMEER (ZWANENBURG) GENERAL CEMETERY


Thanks to Richard Heus who provided me the photo.

 

Crew Alan Hart

Some very interesting information and pictures of Pilot Officer Hart and his crew, including Flight Sergeant Boal.

 

30/11/2001 MECC 478/01

MISSING WWII AIRMEN LAID TO REST IN HOLLAND

Australia has laid to rest two airmen tragically lost 57 years ago during a night bombing mission over Germany.

The two airmen, Pilot Officer Alan Hart (Pilot) from Harden/Murrumburra, New South Wales, and Flight Sergeant Harold Boal (Navigator) from Barmah East, Victoria, were part of a multinational crew aboard a Royal Air Force (RAF) Lancaster bomber.

The Lancaster, registration JB 659 OF-J, from 97 Squadron RAF, was returning from a mission over Germany when it was shot down near the Dutch coast on its return to England.

The pilot, Alan Hart, and a Canadian crewmember were buried after the crash, and the remaining crewmen were lost with the aircraft which was driven deep into reclaimed muddy ground by the impact.

Their recovery at the time was considered too difficult but the Royal Netherlands Air Force was later able to conduct an excavation of the crash site and the remains of the other five airmen were recovered and positively identified.

The Royal Australian Air Force assisted the next-of-kin of both Pilot Officer Hart and Flight Sergeant Boal to attend memorial functions in Holland this week.

A memorial to the crew who died on 31 January 1944, was unveiled during a special ceremony in Amsterdam. After a Church service the remains of the crew were re-interred with full military honours at Zwanenburg General Cemetery in Haarlemmermeer, Amsterdam.

The RAAF is committed to the pursuit of laying missing aircrew to rest.

Over 500 aircrew from world war two remain unaccounted for, mainly in the Australia-Pacific region.

Lest we forget.

Media Contact: Richard Hogan, Defence Media Liaison

Source: Australian Government Department of Defence

 

Crew Alan Hart

Some very interesting information and pictures of Pilot Officer Hart and his crew, including Flight Sergeant Boal.

Great information Pieter.

Cheers

Geoff

 

Name: BOAL, HAROLD JAMES
Initials: H J
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Unit Text: 97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 31/01/1944
Service No: 409497
Additional information: Son of Charles Ernest and Lily Boal, of Barmah East, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot B. Row C. Coll. grave 15.
Cemetery: HAARLEMMERMEER (ZWANENBURG) GENERAL CEMETERY



Thanks to Paul Moerenhout who provided me the picture.

 

Name: CHARLES, THOMAS ERIC
Initials: T E
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 25
Date of Death: 30/01/1944
Service No: 412902
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Charles, of Sebastopol, New South Wales. Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 6.
Cemetery: BARSINGERHORN (KOLHORN) GENERAL CEMETERY



Thanks to Sylvie de Olde who provided me the picture.

 

Name: LAW, NORMAN CHARLES
Initials: N C
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 26
Date of Death: 30/01/1944
Service No: 415432
Additional information: Son of Charles Keaton Law and Jeanne Madeline Law; husband of Evelyn Maud Law, of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 7.
Cemetery: BARSINGERHORN (KOLHORN) GENERAL CEMETERY



Thanks to Sylvie de Olde who provided me the picture.

 

Name: WISHART, RODGER PERYMAN
Initials: R P
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 23
Date of Death: 30/01/1944
Service No: 400907
Additional information: Son of Harold Peryman Wishart and Daisy Vera Wishart, of Pascoe Vale South, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 5.
Cemetery: BARSINGERHORN (KOLHORN) GENERAL CEMETERY



Thanks to Sylvie de Olde who provided me the picture.