LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman George Alan BROWN
Service No: 69467
Born: Waikouaiti, New Zealand, 20 June 1904
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 August 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Tarakan
Died: Illness, Tarakan, 2 May 1945, Aged 40 Years
Buried: Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Barbara Anne Brown; husband of Adeline Brown, of Bodalla, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Bodalla NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Bodalla Honor Roll 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Bodalla NSW
On 2 May 1945, Leading Aircraftman Brown, a Driver Motor Transport, collapsed and died of heat stroke when taking a shower. He was on board LST 1035 which was conveying troops from Morotai to Tarakan, and the LST was anchored at the time awaiting facilities to disembark troops and equipment.
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 A705,166/6/1109
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line