LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Roy Thomas BROWN
Service No: 24786
Born: Ipswich QLD, 14 December 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 February 1941
Unit: No. 1 Personnel Depot
Died: Injuries, Heidelberg VIC, 7 April 1944, Aged 37 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Fredrick George and Sarah Jane Brown, of Ipswich, Queensland; husband of Alice Mary Brown, of Kedron, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Ipswich QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 April 1944, Leading Aircraftman Brown, a Canteen Steward, died of his injuries in No 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg.
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, 166/6/499