Source: File: Harry Collier Warren.
Available at: <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/72073>
[Accessed 12 April 2017]
The experience was
exhilarating
As they left the ground -
sudden rushing
Of air against his face,
Harry Collier Warren
Saw the blurring of ground
move away
From beneath their craft -
the lift inside
His belly, a lightness held
by wings.
Harry was learning to fly, a
member
Of the Australian Flying Corps
- the Avro
Carried them neatly, high
into the air. Lincoln
Fields and South Carlton had
in seconds
Shrunk to toy size the
Cadet's instructor
2nd Lt Gland Lowery called
orders.
Cadet Warren acknowledged
Lowery
As they lifted steadily in the early April
Sky - the young Australian briefly felt control
Of the Avro 504B B389 - only one
of thirty
Contracted, from the
Wolverhampton
Sunbeam Motor Car Co.
Limited.
Cadet Warren grinned in
pleasure
To consider how far he had then come
From home; South Australia. Harry's family
Lived at Port Pirie, a small seaport on east
Coast. Only aged 19 from
Freemantle,
He had sailed on HMAT A7
Medic.
His Majesty’s Australian
Transport
Medic had returned back into
service
After 14 years. Previously the boat was used
In the Boer war to transport
troops -
His previous life as
Articled Clerk
Seemed a long, long time
ago.
The troopship had taken them
across
To Egypt. Harry Collier
Warren was then
With the 3rd Australian Field
Artillery Brigade -
His service number 1899 -
being a driver he
Would never have imagined
his chance,
To be able to join the Royal
Flying corps.
They climbed steadily higher,
Lowery
Had the control again of the
dual craft -
Harry felt his was the big
adventure, far away
From days of training to be
a solicitor back
In Australia - The biplane
carried them
Easily to reasonable height
of 150 feet.
A seven-cylinder Gnome Lambda rotaryEngine chugged away. Lieutenant LowerySteered them into a good position ready forCadet Warren's second flying lesson. Possibly In the lads eagerness the craft lurched intoA sudden spin; Lowery tugged controls.
A seven-cylinder Gnome Lambda rotaryEngine chugged away. Lieutenant LowerySteered them into a good position ready forCadet Warren's second flying lesson. Possibly In the lads eagerness the craft lurched intoA sudden spin; Lowery tugged controls.
No response. The spin took
away any
Ability for him to regain
control - suddenly
The plane flipped into a nose dive - in silence
The plane flipped into a nose dive - in silence
Of the accident's inquest
the one survivor,
2nd Lt Gland Lowery, advised
that he
Was unable to recover
from spin.
Bombardier Harry Collier
Warren had
Died from accidental
injuries aged 23.
A court of enquiry decided how the
spin had
Resulted, possibly from the
cadet's use -
Lieutenant Lowery was lucky to
survive.
Harry's sister and family later learned
By post, to say a brother
had died.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1917.
Flying Fatalities. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 9 April 1917. P.5. Col.4. Available at: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214440/Daily-Telegraph-April-9-1917.html>
[Accessed: 12 April 2017].
Source: File: RSL Virtual
War Memorial, Warren Harry Collier. Available at: <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/72073>
[Accessed 12 April 2017]
Mann, J., 2016. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 12 April
2017).
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