BRABANT-LE-ROI CHURCHYARD
Meuse
France
Location Information
Brabant-le-Roi is a village and commune about 17 kilometres north-west of Bar-le-Duc on the main road (N.394) from that town to Reims (Marne). The churchyard is on the Laimont-Brabant road (D.15 bis) at its junction with the N.394 road between Revigny and Brabant-le-Roi. Near the south-western corner of the church are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Australian Air Force.
Burial Details
418334 Flying Officer David Beharrie, Pilot in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 27. Son of Martin Hansen Beharrie and Agnes Wills Beharrie, of St. Kilda East, Victoria, Australia. INSCRIPTION. HE GAVE ALL.
430298 Flight Sergeant Frank Raymond Rogers, Air Gunner in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 28. Son of Daniel Joseph and Katherine Rogers.
419594 Flight Sergeant Keith Jacob Schott, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 20. Son of Charles Jacob and Bertha Branee Schott, of Elwood. Victoria. Australia. INSCRIPTION. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. ONE OF THE BEST.
Brabant-le-Roi is a village and commune about 17 kilometres north-west of Bar-le-Duc on the main road (N.394) from that town to Reims (Marne). The churchyard is on the Laimont-Brabant road (D.15 bis) at its junction with the N.394 road between Revigny and Brabant-le-Roi. Near the south-western corner of the church are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Australian Air Force.
Burial Details
418334 Flying Officer David Beharrie, Pilot in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 27. Son of Martin Hansen Beharrie and Agnes Wills Beharrie, of St. Kilda East, Victoria, Australia. INSCRIPTION. HE GAVE ALL.
430298 Flight Sergeant Frank Raymond Rogers, Air Gunner in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 28. Son of Daniel Joseph and Katherine Rogers.
419594 Flight Sergeant Keith Jacob Schott, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 20. Son of Charles Jacob and Bertha Branee Schott, of Elwood. Victoria. Australia. INSCRIPTION. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. ONE OF THE BEST.
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Group portrait of No. 29 Course at 7 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) RAAF, held at Western Junction, Tasmania.
Identified from left to right,
back row: Baker; 418483 William Boris Tilley (later of 10 Squadron RAAF, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) on 26 September 1944); 418334 Flying Officer David Beharrie of St. Kilda Vic (lost on operations over France on 19 July 1944); Davidson; Edwards; Mitchell; 418859 Noel Edward Marchant; Lloyd; O33150 William Carlyle Keritz; Doyle; Dodson; Greives; 418936 James Charles Fugger (later of 44 Squadron RAF, who was awarded the DFC on 16 November 1945).
Fourth row: 418482 Benjamin Aubrey Tillett; 408460 Ryder Britton Shelley; Hogan; 418441 Leigh Hirst; Chisolm; Woolstoncroft; Brown; 418998 John Darling; 418828 John Geoffrey Norman Gadsden; Green; 418942 Malcolm McCleod Glennie.
Third row: 418892 Eric Charles Thacker; 418994 Joseph Herbert Waxman (later of 466 Squadron RAAF, who received the DFC on 20 February 1945); 418358 Malcom Reginald Denson; Walker; Andrews; Henry; Harvey; Hall; Holt; Roereight; 48353 Clifford William Mattingly; Lawson; Cook.
Second row: 418617 Kenneth Thomas Chilton; Derbyshire; Shaw; Jackson; Wishart; Kelly; Walker; 48712 Edward George Cassimar Guiney; Dwyer; Evans; Ward; Phillipson.
Front row: Creighton; Gee; Freeman; 418924 Stanley Percy Damman; Croft; Strong; Powell; Shaw; 418813 John Dennis Cottman (later of 619 Squadron RAAF, who was killed in action over Germany on 21 March 1945); 418989 Neale McKissock Thewlis (later of 8 Communication Unit Madang RAAF, who was killed in an accident in New Guinea on 29 January 1945).
Identified from left to right,
back row: Baker; 418483 William Boris Tilley (later of 10 Squadron RAAF, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) on 26 September 1944); 418334 Flying Officer David Beharrie of St. Kilda Vic (lost on operations over France on 19 July 1944); Davidson; Edwards; Mitchell; 418859 Noel Edward Marchant; Lloyd; O33150 William Carlyle Keritz; Doyle; Dodson; Greives; 418936 James Charles Fugger (later of 44 Squadron RAF, who was awarded the DFC on 16 November 1945).
Fourth row: 418482 Benjamin Aubrey Tillett; 408460 Ryder Britton Shelley; Hogan; 418441 Leigh Hirst; Chisolm; Woolstoncroft; Brown; 418998 John Darling; 418828 John Geoffrey Norman Gadsden; Green; 418942 Malcolm McCleod Glennie.
Third row: 418892 Eric Charles Thacker; 418994 Joseph Herbert Waxman (later of 466 Squadron RAAF, who received the DFC on 20 February 1945); 418358 Malcom Reginald Denson; Walker; Andrews; Henry; Harvey; Hall; Holt; Roereight; 48353 Clifford William Mattingly; Lawson; Cook.
Second row: 418617 Kenneth Thomas Chilton; Derbyshire; Shaw; Jackson; Wishart; Kelly; Walker; 48712 Edward George Cassimar Guiney; Dwyer; Evans; Ward; Phillipson.
Front row: Creighton; Gee; Freeman; 418924 Stanley Percy Damman; Croft; Strong; Powell; Shaw; 418813 John Dennis Cottman (later of 619 Squadron RAAF, who was killed in action over Germany on 21 March 1945); 418989 Neale McKissock Thewlis (later of 8 Communication Unit Madang RAAF, who was killed in an accident in New Guinea on 29 January 1945).
