Corp John Robert Waite died in WWII. He was the son of Clyde Wallace Waite (1890 - 1971) and Esther Julia Rowan.
While in the air force, his plane was shot down over the Celebes Islands. John was the grandson of William Henry Waite. See Find A Grave Memorial# 77999264 for his ancestry. John was a combat weather forcaster for the Army Air Corp, 15th Operational Weather Squadron. His last assignement was from Townsville, Queensland, in the FEAF Regional Control and Weather Group (Provisional), 25 October 1944–20 to his death.
About John's last mission:
His aircraft was a B-24L-10-CO Liberator Serial Number A72-92 Code MJ-D He is listed as "Crew" Cpl Waite, USAAF 36404344 (KIA) Crashed July 27, 1945.
Aircraft History
Built by Consolidated. USAAF Serial Number 44-41581. Assigned to the RAAF to 7 OTU. Later assigned to 24 Squadron. Finally to 21 Squadron with code MJ-D.
Mission History
Took part in a photographic reconnaissance of Celebes when it was hit by anti-aircraft fire near Tomohoan and failed to return.
Search
The next day, B-24 Liberator piloted by S/Ldr Angus Greenfield spotted the wreckage but observed no sign of survivors.
The town of Ambon, situated on Laitimor Peninsula on the southern shore of Ambon Bay, was severely damaged during the war, first by the Japanese who bombed it heavily in January 1942 and later by the Allied forces who attacked it in 1943 and 1944. The War Cemetery was constructed on the site of a former camp for Australian, British and Dutch prisoners of war, some of whom had been transferred from Java in 1943, and many of those buried in it died in captivity. Other burials were of Australian soldiers who died during the Japanese invasion on Ambon and Timor.
The total number of graves in the cemetery is over 2,000. Of this total over half are Australians, of whom about 350 belonged to the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion. Most of the 800 British casualties belonged to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force; nearly all the naval dead were originally buried at Makassar. The American airmen were killed with 7 Australian airmen in July 1945; all were buried in a collective grave in Plot 28. The non-war grave is that of a seaman of the Merchant Navy, whose death was not due to war service. [http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Ambon_War_Cemetery/]
While in the air force, his plane was shot down over the Celebes Islands. John was the grandson of William Henry Waite. See Find A Grave Memorial# 77999264 for his ancestry. John was a combat weather forcaster for the Army Air Corp, 15th Operational Weather Squadron. His last assignement was from Townsville, Queensland, in the FEAF Regional Control and Weather Group (Provisional), 25 October 1944–20 to his death.
About John's last mission:
His aircraft was a B-24L-10-CO Liberator Serial Number A72-92 Code MJ-D He is listed as "Crew" Cpl Waite, USAAF 36404344 (KIA) Crashed July 27, 1945.
Aircraft History
Built by Consolidated. USAAF Serial Number 44-41581. Assigned to the RAAF to 7 OTU. Later assigned to 24 Squadron. Finally to 21 Squadron with code MJ-D.
Mission History
Took part in a photographic reconnaissance of Celebes when it was hit by anti-aircraft fire near Tomohoan and failed to return.
Search
The next day, B-24 Liberator piloted by S/Ldr Angus Greenfield spotted the wreckage but observed no sign of survivors.
The town of Ambon, situated on Laitimor Peninsula on the southern shore of Ambon Bay, was severely damaged during the war, first by the Japanese who bombed it heavily in January 1942 and later by the Allied forces who attacked it in 1943 and 1944. The War Cemetery was constructed on the site of a former camp for Australian, British and Dutch prisoners of war, some of whom had been transferred from Java in 1943, and many of those buried in it died in captivity. Other burials were of Australian soldiers who died during the Japanese invasion on Ambon and Timor.
The total number of graves in the cemetery is over 2,000. Of this total over half are Australians, of whom about 350 belonged to the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion. Most of the 800 British casualties belonged to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force; nearly all the naval dead were originally buried at Makassar. The American airmen were killed with 7 Australian airmen in July 1945; all were buried in a collective grave in Plot 28. The non-war grave is that of a seaman of the Merchant Navy, whose death was not due to war service. [http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Ambon_War_Cemetery/]
Corp John Robert Waite died in WWII. He was the son of Clyde Wallace Waite (1890 - 1971) and Esther Julia Rowan.
While in the air force, his plane was shot down over the Celebes Islands. John was the grandson of William Henry Waite. See Find A Grave Memorial# 77999264 for his ancestry. John was a combat weather forcaster for the Army Air Corp, 15th Operational Weather Squadron. His last assignement was from Townsville, Queensland, in the FEAF Regional Control and Weather Group (Provisional), 25 October 1944–20 to his death.
About John's last mission:
His aircraft was a B-24L-10-CO Liberator Serial Number A72-92 Code MJ-D He is listed as "Crew" Cpl Waite, USAAF 36404344 (KIA) Crashed July 27, 1945.
Aircraft History
Built by Consolidated. USAAF Serial Number 44-41581. Assigned to the RAAF to 7 OTU. Later assigned to 24 Squadron. Finally to 21 Squadron with code MJ-D.
Mission History
Took part in a photographic reconnaissance of Celebes when it was hit by anti-aircraft fire near Tomohoan and failed to return.
Search
The next day, B-24 Liberator piloted by S/Ldr Angus Greenfield spotted the wreckage but observed no sign of survivors.
The town of Ambon, situated on Laitimor Peninsula on the southern shore of Ambon Bay, was severely damaged during the war, first by the Japanese who bombed it heavily in January 1942 and later by the Allied forces who attacked it in 1943 and 1944. The War Cemetery was constructed on the site of a former camp for Australian, British and Dutch prisoners of war, some of whom had been transferred from Java in 1943, and many of those buried in it died in captivity. Other burials were of Australian soldiers who died during the Japanese invasion on Ambon and Timor.
The total number of graves in the cemetery is over 2,000. Of this total over half are Australians, of whom about 350 belonged to the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion. Most of the 800 British casualties belonged to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force; nearly all the naval dead were originally buried at Makassar. The American airmen were killed with 7 Australian airmen in July 1945; all were buried in a collective grave in Plot 28. The non-war grave is that of a seaman of the Merchant Navy, whose death was not due to war service. [http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Ambon_War_Cemetery/]
While in the air force, his plane was shot down over the Celebes Islands. John was the grandson of William Henry Waite. See Find A Grave Memorial# 77999264 for his ancestry. John was a combat weather forcaster for the Army Air Corp, 15th Operational Weather Squadron. His last assignement was from Townsville, Queensland, in the FEAF Regional Control and Weather Group (Provisional), 25 October 1944–20 to his death.
About John's last mission:
His aircraft was a B-24L-10-CO Liberator Serial Number A72-92 Code MJ-D He is listed as "Crew" Cpl Waite, USAAF 36404344 (KIA) Crashed July 27, 1945.
Aircraft History
Built by Consolidated. USAAF Serial Number 44-41581. Assigned to the RAAF to 7 OTU. Later assigned to 24 Squadron. Finally to 21 Squadron with code MJ-D.
Mission History
Took part in a photographic reconnaissance of Celebes when it was hit by anti-aircraft fire near Tomohoan and failed to return.
Search
The next day, B-24 Liberator piloted by S/Ldr Angus Greenfield spotted the wreckage but observed no sign of survivors.
The town of Ambon, situated on Laitimor Peninsula on the southern shore of Ambon Bay, was severely damaged during the war, first by the Japanese who bombed it heavily in January 1942 and later by the Allied forces who attacked it in 1943 and 1944. The War Cemetery was constructed on the site of a former camp for Australian, British and Dutch prisoners of war, some of whom had been transferred from Java in 1943, and many of those buried in it died in captivity. Other burials were of Australian soldiers who died during the Japanese invasion on Ambon and Timor.
The total number of graves in the cemetery is over 2,000. Of this total over half are Australians, of whom about 350 belonged to the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion. Most of the 800 British casualties belonged to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force; nearly all the naval dead were originally buried at Makassar. The American airmen were killed with 7 Australian airmen in July 1945; all were buried in a collective grave in Plot 28. The non-war grave is that of a seaman of the Merchant Navy, whose death was not due to war service. [http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Ambon_War_Cemetery/]
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