PLOUGOUMELEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Morbihan
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.65264, Longitude: -2.91466
Location Information
Plougoumelen is a village and commune 12 kilometres west of Vannes and about 3 kilometres south-west of Auray, on a by-road south of the main road from Vannes. Auray is on the Paris Le Mans-Nantes-Quimper railway line. Plougoumelen Communal Cemetery is on the eastern side of the village, north of the road to Ploeren. North-east (far right) of the entrance, against the boundary wall, is the collective grave of six airmen.
Plougoumelen Communal Cemetery contains 6 Airmen from World War Two who were all killed on 6th August 1944.
Identified Casualties: Canada 2, New Zealand 2, Australia 1, United Kingdom 1. Total 6.
Plougoumelen is a village and commune 12 kilometres west of Vannes and about 3 kilometres south-west of Auray, on a by-road south of the main road from Vannes. Auray is on the Paris Le Mans-Nantes-Quimper railway line. Plougoumelen Communal Cemetery is on the eastern side of the village, north of the road to Ploeren. North-east (far right) of the entrance, against the boundary wall, is the collective grave of six airmen.
Plougoumelen Communal Cemetery contains 6 Airmen from World War Two who were all killed on 6th August 1944.
Identified Casualties: Canada 2, New Zealand 2, Australia 1, United Kingdom 1. Total 6.
Pictures in this gallery © Christine Da Costa
416081 Warrant Officer
Jack Braddock
299 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
6th August 1944, aged 26.
Son of Alfred and Annie Maud Braddock, of Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
Jack Braddock
299 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
6th August 1944, aged 26.
Son of Alfred and Annie Maud Braddock, of Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
Group portrait of participants of the No 2 Bombing and Gunnery School (BAGS), Course 30, on graduation day.
Sitting in the second row, sixth from the right and buried in this cemetery is 410536 Flight Sergeant Leonard Allan Eunson, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on 6th August 1944, aged 24. Son of Frederick Charles and Mabel Kate Eunson, of Preston, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "With Christ Which Is Far Better"
R/112810 Warrant Officer
Gordon Fletcher Harrison
299 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th August 1944.
Gordon Fletcher Harrison
299 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th August 1944.
J/87928 Pilot Officer
Walter Nelson Irving
299 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th August 1944.
Walter Nelson Irving
299 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th August 1944.
39589 Pilot Officer
Henare Whakatau Uru
299 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
6th August 1944, aged 23.
Son of Henare Whakatau Uru and of Gladys Constance May Uru (nee Rogers), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Henare Whakatau Uru
299 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
6th August 1944, aged 23.
Son of Henare Whakatau Uru and of Gladys Constance May Uru (nee Rogers), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Other Burial
1588979 Sergeant Alfred Anthony Hull, 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th August 1944.
1588979 Sergeant Alfred Anthony Hull, 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th August 1944.
