Laurence John MONTGOMERIE

MONTGOMERIE, Laurence John

Service Number: 406865
Enlisted: 28 April 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Marble Bar, Western Australia, 7 March 1915
Home Town: Port Hedland, Port Hedland, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Prisoner of War, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 22 November 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
18. D. 7.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 406865
28 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
28 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406865

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of James Bertrand and Elsie May Montgomerie of Port Hedland, WA

 

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-187 of Number 2 Squadron was shot down at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies 22 May 1942 - two of the crew were captured by the Japanese and were executed while being held as Prisoners of War (22 November 1942) and are buried in Ambon War Cemetery:

Pilot Officer Graham William Charles Allchin 401321

Sergeant Laurence John Montgomerie 406865

 

The other two crewmen were killed in the crash and are commemorated on the Ambon Memorial:

Pilot Officer Kenneth Irving Kersten 406857

Pilot Officer Wilbur Charles McLay 408865

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