LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Donald Francis BICKNELL
Service No: 115087
Born: St Arnaud VIC, 19 February 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 July 1942 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Adelaide SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide, 24 August 1942, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edwin George and Elsie Thornton Campbell Bicknell, of Cal Lal, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Cal Lal NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 18 August 1942, Aircraftman Class I Bicknell, a Trainee Group V, was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Northfield seriously ill. He died at 0400 hours on 24 August 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/92/179