LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Ivan Frederick BUHLER
Service No: 80925
Born: Perth WA, 19 October 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 June 1942
Unit: No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School, Cunderdin WA
Died: Illness, Subiaco WA, 29 July 1942, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Niche, Karrakatta Crematorium WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Fred Louie Buhler and Dulcie Buhler; husband of Hellen Nora Marsden Buhler, of Grass Valley.
Roll of Honour: Perth WA
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
Remembered: Hale School Memorial Grove, Wembley Downs WA
Aircraftman Class I Buhler, a Clerk Stores, was undergoing treatment at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Subiaco, WA, for acute America Poliomyelitis. He died of the illness at 1015 hours on the 29 July 1942, and was cremated at the Perth (Karrakatta) Crematorium.
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
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/94/261
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Tiger Moth, CT-4, Wackett and Winjeel in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991