He was also employed on various boat services in co-operation with the army and bore a part in the action between the Phoenix and la Resolu, an account of which will be found under the head of Admiral Sir Richard J. Sayer served on shore with a body of seamen and marines, at the reduction of Tippoo Saib’s forts, and other possessions on the Malabar coast. He entered the service at an early age as a Midshipman on board the Phoenix frigate, commanded by the late Captain George Anson Byron, with whom he proceeded to the East Indies, in company with a squadron under Commodore Cornwallis. This officer is a native of Deal in Kent, where his father resided as Collector of the Customs upwards of thirty years. Wilson, S.A Companion of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath. (Neville M.) Whispering Death: A history of the RAAF’s Beaufighter Squadrons, AH & AW Reed, Terry Hills NSW, 1980 (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002 RAAF Directorate of Public Relations, These Eagles, Australian War Memorial Canberra, 1942 – Chapters: Ubiquity, Sea Saga

National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 400212 Sergeant Archibald Sylvian Mairet (35940) (Wireless Air Observer)įlight Sergeant George Windsor Sayer (400212) (Pilot)Īustralian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))Ĭommonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Recordsĭepartment of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll In 1946 a RAAF search party found the wreck of the aircraft in the vicinity of the village of Musita not far from Buna. Smoke was seen to rise from the spot on the north-west corner of the runway at Buna. Intense anti-aircraft fire was encountered and at 1310 hours A19-1 was seen to dive towards trees and not re-appear. On 23 September 1942, Beaufighter A19-1 was one of a formation of aircraft detailed to attack Buna, Papua New Guinea. On 7 March 1942, Flight Sergeant Sayer evaded capture by sailing in a small boat from Java to Western Australia with a party of RAF and RAAF members. Remembered: Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT 30 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft A19-1), Buna PNG, 23 September 1942, Aged 28 Yearsīuried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNGĬWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Alice Sayer, of West Footscray, Victoria

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