The cairn commemorating the Kyeema aircraft disaster with the addition of a smaller plaque listing the names of those who perished in the accident. This additional plaque was suggested by relatives of the victims who had attended earlier commemorations of the accident at the site. Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society members observed a minute's silence and drank a toast of South Australian wine, produced by vineyards with which some of the victims were associated, in memory of all those who lost their lives. The plaque reads: KYEEMA VH-UYC CREW AND PASSENGERS CAPTAIN ALFRED WEBB JUNIOR CAPTAIN ALLAN STEEN AIR HOSTESS ALVA JONES CADET PILOT PHILIP PRING LEONARD ABRAHAMS K.C. ALFRED GAIN HANS GLOE STELLA GLOE GORDON GODDARD HUGO GRAMP THOMAS HARDY CHARLES HAWKER M.H.R. GEORGE LING JAMES MASSIE VAUGHAN PATE ELIZABETH SCHRADER LANCELOT SHIRLEY SIDNEY HILL SMITHkyeema, air crash, mt dandenong, cairn, plaque, captain alfred webb, allan steen, elva jones, philip pring, leonard abrahams, alfred gain, hans gloe, stella gloe, gordon goddard, hugo gramp, thomas hardy, george ling, charles hawker, james massie, vaughan pate, elizabeth schrader, lancelot shirley, sidney hill smith

The Kyeema airline crash took place on 25 October 1938 when the Australian National Airways Douglas DC-2 Kyeema, tail number VH-UYC, flying from Adelaide to Melbourne, commenced final approach to Essendon Airport through heavy fog and crashed into the western slopes of Mount Dandenong, killing all 18 on board instantly. There is strong evidence that the pilots were becoming unsure of their position. According to Macarthur Job's book, Disaster in the Dandenongs, the radio operator had requested the controller at Essendon give them a radio bearing. Essendon had acknowledged and told them to leave their transmitter on, but the signal stopped and no further contact was made. It is thought that this is the moment that Kyeema hit the mountain. There were 18 people on board the DC-2: 14 passengers, the captain, the first officer, an air hostess, and a cadet pilot who operated the radio during the flight. The victims were :— THE CREW. CAPTAIN A. C. D. WEBB, 32, pilot, married, of Essendon, Victoria. JUNIOR CAPTAIN ALAN J. STEEN, 25, pilot, married, of Essendon North, Victoria. ELVA JONES, 27, air hostess, single, of Toorak, Victoria. PHILIP D. PRING, about 20, cadet pilot attached to Australian National Airways' Aeronautics School, Sydney. PASSENGERS. CHARLES ALLAN SEYMOUR HAWKER, M.P., 44, single, of Adelaide. LEONARD SYDNEY ABRAHAMS, K.C., 51, married, barrister, of Sydney. SIDNEY HILL SMITH, 41, married, managing director of S. Smith and Son, of Yalumba, South Australia. ALFRED CECIL GAIN, 42, married, barrister, of Sydney. GORDON H. GODDARD, 30, single, accountant, of North Sydney. LANCELOT WILLIAM SHIRLEY, 27, single, solicitor, of Manly. JAMES IAN MASSIE, 25, single, solicitor, of Sydney. VAUGHAN PATE, 42, refrigeration cabinet manufacturer, married, of Unley, South Australia. THOMAS M. HARDY, 48, married, head of the firm of Thomas Hardy and Sons, vignerons, of Seacliff, South Australia. GEORGE WILLIAM LING, 72, of Kingswood, South Australia, former building inspector of the Municipal Tramways Trust, Adelaide. LOUIS HUGO GRAMP, 43, married, managing director of G. Gramp and Sons, Ltd., vignerons, Rowlands (sic) Flat, South Australia. Mrs. ELIZABETH MARY SCHRADER, 69, widow, of Adelaide. Mr. and Mrs. HANS L. GLOE, of Perth.Small section of the Kyeema DC-2 fuselage made up of 5 pieces of piece of twisted and torn aluminium riveted together. Marking can be seen in red but is indistinct. Aluminium has gold, silver and green colouring.kyeema, a webb, j steen, elva jones, philip pring, charles hawker, leonard abrahams, sidney hill smith, alfred gain, gordon goddard, lancelot shirley, james massie, vaughan pate, thomas hardy, george ling, hugo gramp, elizabeth schrader, mr hans gloe, mrs gloe

This item contributes to an understanding of the impact that involvement in the war in Vietnam (1962 - 1972 ) had on Australian servicemen.Casualty List of 1 Fld Sqn and 3 Fld Troop in Vietnam. This is a list of names of those injured or killed in action (not complete). This list was done by Bob Coker who is compiling the list of Australian causalities. See media for more information.casualty list, 1 fld sqn, 3 fld troop, killed in action, wounded in action, royal australian engineers, sapper denis william gooding, sgt denis william gooding, 18690, sapper frank charles mallard, 5411253, cpl (temp) william ronald gallagher, 214407, sapper terence mervyn bradbury, 54968, sapper barry john harford, 43323, sapper clement william coolburra, 17587, sapper peter michael cachia, cpl (temp) peter michael cachia, 1410862, cpl robert walter bowtell, 213151, cpl richard james seddon, sgt richard james seddon, 22834, sapper maxwell roy livingston, 38151, sapper david john peters, 42853, sapper koostantinoes william unmeopa, 18464, sapper eric walter holst, 54725, sapper ronald john borinelli, 3787259, sapper leslie prowse, 18409, l/cpl dave cook, cpl (temp) dave cook, 214933, sgt barry william sant, 242802, pte barrie john ganley, 4717619, sapper noel roy mcduffie, cpl noel roy mcduffie, 37050, sapper ross edward comben, l/cpl ross edward comben, 54733, sapper bruce noel bevan, 2783013, cpl anthony george evans, l/cpl anthony george evans, 2783420, sapper john cyril thompson, 38309, sapper ashley john culkin, 2783384, sapper dennis lindsay brooks, 3787889, sapper ramon john peter deed, 3788300, sapper john laurence o'hara, 2782779, sapper gregory vincent brady, 2782812, sapper brian geoffrey roberts, 6708336, sapper terrence james renshaw, 3788172, capt grahame leslie alwynne hellyer, 335126, sapper donald spence wride, 18665, wo2 (temp) barry john moore, 242811, sapper trevor john drummond, 3411826, sapper robert neil creek, 3791192, sapper lyndon ross stutley, 4719196, sapper david james lawson, 39259, s/sgt (temp) colin william mclachlan, 13053, sapper allan graham pattison, 44042, sapper david john steen, 4719232, l/cpl john edgar garrett, 1200473, sapper mervyn john spear, 5714596, sapper peter john macdonald, 55214, sapper john henry powe, 3791364, sapper malcolm leonard paine, cpl (temp) malcolm leonard paine, 5411670, sapper peter neil chenoweth, 3411964, sapper ian campbell leach, l/cpl ian campbell leach, 2786713, cpl david malcolm mcgregor, 3411692, s/sgt peter james gollagher, 172377, sapper kenneth roy nicholson, 2412486, cpl kevin john moon, 243292, sapper norman william le bherz, 18395, sapper trevor john cox, 5715629, sapper christopher david carroll, cpl christopher david carroll, 218155, sapper graham john hooper, 3791253, sapper john robert gilmore, 2789080, sapper alan graham hooke, 2786487