LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Joseph Willoughby BRITTLIFF
Service No: 68571
Born: St Leonards NSW, 31 October 1895
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1942
Discharged from the RAAF: 3 April 1944
Unit at Discharge: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, New South Wales, 13 April 1947, Aged 51 Years
Cremated: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, New South Wales
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Jane Brittliff; husband of Sylvia Beryl Brittliff, of Koolewong
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 3 April 1944, Leading Aircraftman Brittliff, a Carpenter General, was discharged from the RAAF as being medically unfit.
On 28 September 1917, Private Brittliff (1163) embarked at for World War I service.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804)); First World War Embarkation Rolls
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 68571