Mount Cole
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On the 21st May 1942, an RAAF Avro Anson W2020, crashed below this point.The following people were on the aircraft.
F Sgt Edward Hope Illingworth
P Off George William Holman
Sgt Denis Aloysius Lenihan
LAC Edwin Cyril Snell
LAC Arthue Edmond Pott (KIA 04 Nov 44)This plaque was unveiled on the 60th anniversary of the event.
Inquest into the deaths of 4 air crash victims
ARARAT, Mon: An inquest was held today by Mr P. R. Biggin, PM, district coroner, into the deaths of an officer and 3 airmen who were killed when an RAAF aircraft from a SA training school crashed at Eversley, Mt Cole (V), on May 21.
The victims were: Plt-Off George William Holman, 32, married, Brighton (V); Flt-Sgt Edward Hope Illingsworth, 22, single, Narrogin (WA); Sgt Denis Aloysius Lenihan, 31, single, Gilberton (SA); and LAC Edwin Cyril Snell, 25, single, Brisbane.
It was stated that the plane was on a flight from Mount Gambier to Essendon, via Rainbow, and there was a fog over the pyrenees Range at the time of the crash. Arthur E. Pott, 21, single, of Bowen (Q), an Air Force trainee, who was also in the plane, escaped with a fractured arm and ankle.
Mr Biggin recorded a finding that the deaths were due to injuries received in the aeroplane crash, and he said he thought everything within reason had been done to give assistance in view of the great difficulty in reaching the plane.
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