HENGELO (GELDERLAND) GENERAL CEMETERY
Gelderland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.04939, Longitude: 6.3133
Location Information
Hengelo is a village and commune lying 12 kilometres south-east of Zutphen, which is the most convenient centre for visitors. The cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of the village and the five Commonwealth war graves are in the south-eastern corner.
Hengelo is a village and commune lying 12 kilometres south-east of Zutphen, which is the most convenient centre for visitors. The cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of the village and the five Commonwealth war graves are in the south-eastern corner.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Wellington Z 1463 took off from RAF Breighton at 0010 hours on 10 August 1942 to attack Osnabruck, Germany. The bomb load was 2 x 1000 lb (pound) (450 kg) and 3 x 500 lb (225 kg) bombs. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Post war enquiries established that the aircraft crashed at Hengelo near Zutphen, Netherlands, and that all the crew members had been killed.
403561 Warrant Officer
Nicholas Dan
Royal Australian Air Force
10th August 1942, aged 23.
Son of Elias and Marie Dan, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Loving Son And Brother. His, The Glory Ours, The Memory"
Nicholas Dan
Royal Australian Air Force
10th August 1942, aged 23.
Son of Elias and Marie Dan, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Loving Son And Brother. His, The Glory Ours, The Memory"
39099 Flight Sergeant
Stephen Bryan Goord
460 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
10th August 1942, aged 28.
Son of Leonard F. and Mabel Goord, of Sittingbourne, Kent.
Stephen Bryan Goord
460 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
10th August 1942, aged 28.
Son of Leonard F. and Mabel Goord, of Sittingbourne, Kent.
401080 Sergeant
Robert Allan Ponton
Royal Australian Air Force
10th August 1942, aged 29.
Son of James and Fanny Dale Ponton, of Wannambool, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "In God's Care. Beloved, Devoted Only Son Of F. D. Ponton, Terang, Aust."
Robert Allan Ponton
Royal Australian Air Force
10th August 1942, aged 29.
Son of James and Fanny Dale Ponton, of Wannambool, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "In God's Care. Beloved, Devoted Only Son Of F. D. Ponton, Terang, Aust."
Other Burial Details
403175 Flight Sergeant James Alexander Finlay, Royal Australian Air Force, die 10th August 1942, aged 29. Son of George Merion Moriarty Finlay and Evelyne North Finlay, of Scone, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Sandy"
402832 Flight Sergeant Kevin Argyle Smith, Royal Australian Air Force, died 10th August 1942, aged 27. Son of Ernest John and Pauline May Smith; husband of Hilda Josephine Smith, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Miserere Mei, Deus, Secundum Magnam Misericordiam Tuam"
403175 Flight Sergeant James Alexander Finlay, Royal Australian Air Force, die 10th August 1942, aged 29. Son of George Merion Moriarty Finlay and Evelyne North Finlay, of Scone, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Sandy"
402832 Flight Sergeant Kevin Argyle Smith, Royal Australian Air Force, died 10th August 1942, aged 27. Son of Ernest John and Pauline May Smith; husband of Hilda Josephine Smith, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Miserere Mei, Deus, Secundum Magnam Misericordiam Tuam"
