LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ross Lawrence BRINE
Service No: 122583
Born: Adelaide SA, 17 February 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 March 1943
Unit: No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Port Pirie SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 13 October 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park), Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Stanley and Mary Isobel Brine; husband of Amy Sylvia Brine, of Kensington.
Roll of Honour: Norwood SA
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 30 September 1943, Leading Aircraftman Brine, an Armament Assistant, was admitted to No. 105 Australian General Hospital, seriously ill with aseptic meningitis. He was later assessed dangerously ill and died on 13 October 1943.
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 A9301, 122583