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In 1948 Bundaberg honored soldiers lost in a wartime plane crash with a funeral procession and burial, attracting letters of appreciation from the Australian and United States air forces. Letters to Bundaberg Mayor of the day Alderman F.H. Buss recently rediscovered in Council’s historic archives reveal the gratitude for the service following the tragic discovery made five years after the plane was lost on 21 November 1943. According to the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, the soldiers were traveling on a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, christened ‘Star Duster’, and were on their way to Brisbane after collecting mail in Rockhampton. “On the last leg to Brisbane, while cruising west of Monto, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a canyon,” the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives report reads. “As the aircraft was declared missing, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended a few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.” The State Library of Queensland said the twin-engine United States Douglas Dakota transport plane had disappeared without a trace until a discovery was made in June 1948. “… a farmer found the wreckage in a gully on Magpie Station at Yarrol, in the Monto district of Queensland,” the State Library said. “The plane was carrying 4 American crewmen, 2 American military passengers, and 7 Australian military passengers.” Other parts of the wreckage would remain undiscovered for decades including the right wing which was found in 1961, about one km from the main wreckage, and other debris such as a door and stabilizer which were found in 1991. Australia @ War has published a military document relating to the crash found in NARA records, dated 29 June 1948. “The starboard motor was located 300 to 400 yards from the main wreckage, as no damage to trees was evident it appears that this motor came adrift in mid-air,” the report said. While the crash victims were unable to be identified, a moving historical image of the funeral procession held in July 1948 shows the reverence and respect with which they were treated by the Bundaberg community. The procession moved through the town area before the soldiers were laid to rest in the Bundaberg War Cemetery. The grave sites are maintained within the Bundaberg Cemetery on Takalvan Street by War Graves Australia. Source: www.bundabergnow.com/2022/05/07/wartime-plane-crash-victi...

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Crazy to think they repaired it and flew it until '53.

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Its a Conny ain't it?

Crop closer to a plane and small shadow.

The Linda Memorial was erected to commemorate those who died in accidents in Mount Morgan Mine from 1894 to 1909.

On 5 November 1908, an accident occurred in the Linda section of the mine in which seven men were killed. Widespread concern and sympathy were evoked and a large public funeral was held. Five more miners were killed on 4 November of that year and a monument was erected for all who had died as the result of accidents in the Mount Morgan Mine; a total of 26 miners between 3 December 1894 and 28 July 1909.

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monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/disaster/industrial/displ...

Approximately one and half hours into the afternoon shift on Saturday, September 5 1908 in the Mount Morgan Goldmining Co. workings at the 850 Level, in No. 4 drive, a large fall of rock estimated at approximately 2,000 tons crushed the life out of seven miners in an instant. This was then, the most serious loss of life suffered in the history of the mine. All seven bodies had been recovered from the accident site by around 5.30 pm the following evening due largely to the tremendous effort put in by large numbers of miners over the twenty-four hours.

Mount Morgan residents were up early on Monday morning September 7 to see the coffins of the four Gympie miners carried on the shoulders of their local mining mates from the morgue at the hospital to the railway station where they were placed on the mail train to be transported home to their loved ones in Gympie. Both sides of the road for a distance of nearly two miles were packed by local residents, many of whom joined the solemn procession as it passed by. At 1.20 am on Tuesday morning September 8, the Rockhampton mail train arrived at the Gympie railway station to be met by a large crowd gathered there. It was said to be the saddest occasion ever witnessed in the town when the four coffins were removed from the train. Later in the day, a lorry bedecked in flowers and carrying the deceased departed the HILLYARD residence on Cootharaba Hill for the cemetery where they were laid to rest by their loved ones and friends in their respective graves.

Funeral of the Gympie Miners took place on Tuesday afternoon. The cortege was probably the largest. It extended from the cemetery gates to the Post Office. The City, Model, Monkland and Salvation Army bands played the “Dead March”.

Source:
www.gfhs.com.au/the-fate-of-gympie-men/

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The crumpled VH-ARF on the beach at Port Douglas where it came to grief. It was not repaired. From the 1930s and into the 1950s, Four Mile Beach at Port Douglas was used as the local airstrip. Source: www.airhistory.net/operator/3923/Royal-Queensland-Aero-Club