Avro Anson memorial

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Avro Anson Road, Western Australia.

monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/60809-avro-anson-w2262-memorial

Description

To the south east of Clackline is a memorial commemorating the crash of an Avro Anson aircraft on October 9th 1942. There is a cairn of granite boulders supporting a jarrah cross. Flying Officer Lynton Birt, Sergeant Geoffrey Debenham, Sergeant Noel Nixon, and Sergeant Kenneth Hugo were all killed in the crash. They were all RAAF airmen.

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Lat: -31.752032 Lng: 116.561354