LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Sydney Keith BOWN
Service No: 55153
Born: Malvern VIC, 18 May 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 May 1942
Unit: No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora NSW
Died: Illness, Temora, 20 June 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Pine Ridge Memorial Park, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Ernest and Annie Alice May Bown, of Prahran
Roll of Honour: Prahran VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 20 June 1942, Aircraftman Class I Bown, an Aircraft Hand, suffered collapsed and died at the Temora Railway Station while returning from Melbourne with an escort party following an absence without leave.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/93/551