LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Albert Grosvenor BRITTAIN
Service No: 8124
Born: Adelaide SA, 1 May 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 January 1940 (at RAAF Station Laverton VIC)
Unit: RAAF Canteen Services
Died: Ground Accident, near Darwin NT, 14 May 1944, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert and Gladys Brittain; husband of Stella Maude Brittain, of Gingin, Western Australia
Roll of Honour: Gingin WA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 May 1944, Sergeant Brittain, a Canteen Steward, was killed in a motor transport collision, on the main north/south road, approximately two miles south of the Middle Arm road. In the accident Flight Sergeant Kevin Leonard McNamara (5439), an Instrument Maker from No. 18 Squadron died of his injuries and other members were injured.
The RAAF members involved in the accident were:
Sergeant Albert Grosvenor Brittain (8124) Killed
Aircraftman Class I Thomas Joseph Calnin (54768) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 6 December 1945
Corporal Acquilla George Hird (3424) (A31107) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 13 June 1950
Warrant Officer Leslie Percival Keynes (5118) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 24 October 1945
Flight Sergeant Kevin Leonard McNamara (5439) Fatally injured, Died: 14 May 1944
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, 166/6/527