Lerew, John Margrave (Wing Commander, DFC, RAAF b.1912)

Places	Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number	EXDOC168
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 item
Object type	Document
Maker	Lerew, John Margrave
Date made	1942
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM315 418/020/015
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

Signal sent by Wing-Commander J M Lerew to RAAF HQ, from Rabul, 21 January 1942. Message in Latin reads: "Morituri - vos - salutamus" (We who are about to die, salute you). Follow up message (EXDOC169) was sent to clarify what he meant by this.