Sterling, Rowan Burgess
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Rowan Burgess |
Surname | Sterling |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
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Date of Death | 19-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leslie and Delia Mabel Sterling, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ904 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot I/2. Grave 235. |
Epitaph | THANKS, ROWAN. YOU AND YOUR MATES DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 101 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 434662 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 27 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-06-1944 |
End Date | 19-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Church Broughton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Cross country exercise |
Reason for Loss | On return an engine cut at low level as the aircraft ran out of fuel and it crashed close to the airfield |