Ross Braye RAAF - Braye Park Lookout - Waratah, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 32° 54.219 E 151° 43.048
56H E 380057 N 6358665
While Braye Park at Waratah is dedicated to Ross Braye (RAAF) [no. 3 Squadron], who died in Libya, in 1941, there is an Orientation Plate on a sandstone plinth that recognises his service, and death, in World War 2.
Waymark Code: WMXCRJ
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 12/28/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
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In the centre of the Orientation Plate is the following inscription:

"To Perpetuate
The Memory of
Ross Braye
R.A.A.F.
Killed in Action - Libya
December 1941"

The circular Orientation Table is centred on the top, of eight square sandstone blocks, that have a 'hour-glass' shape, on the northern end of the Lookout area.

From the 3rd Squadron RAAF website:

"Leading Aircraftman Robert Allan Ross BRAYE, service number 6137, is buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Plot 15, row B, grave 17. Age 24.

"On 26/12/41, while collecting a new coil for his truck which had broken down, Leading Aircraftman Braye was killed instantly when a single enemy aircraft bombed No.121 Maintenance Unit. Corporal A. Campbell, No.8788, was seriously injured and admitted to 62nd General Hospital at Tobruk. Leading Aircraftman Braye was buried the next day by the 118 kilo post on the Tobruk to Derna road near Gazala No.2 airstrip." (visit link)

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Type of memorial: Plaque

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