Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 24 Squadron Liberator aircraft A72-80), Vansittart Bay WA, 23 March 1945, Aged 25 Years. The crew members of A72-80 were: Flight Sergeant Harry James Boyd (427775) (Second Pilot) Warrant Officer William Richard Flanagan (401748) (Wireless Operator Air) Flying Officer John Wilson Hursthouse (416215) (Wireless Operator Air) Corporal Douglas William Madden (36484) (Instrument Maker) Flight Sergeant Ronald Malcolm Morris (46563) (Flight Engineer) Warrant Officer Herbert Gordon Parker (408591) (Wireless Operator Air) Flight Lieutenant Charles David Parry-Okeden (404485) (BLO) Flight Sergeant William Anthony Jordan Rodgers (436889) (Air Gunner) Flight Sergeant John Richmond Ryan (422716) (Air Gunner) Squadron Leader Nathaniel Herbert Straus MID (250759) (Pilot) Sergeant Alexander Douglas Whitehead (121592) (Armourer / Air Gunner) Flying Officer Raymond Allenby Whiting (426733) (Navigator Bomb Aimer) The loss of these 12 young men is the highest ever loss of life in an Australian military aircraft accident in Western Australia.