LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Francis Dix BULMER
Service No: 34170
Born: Manly NSW, 2 July 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 October 1940
Unit: No. 77 Squadron
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Admiralty Islands, 11 May 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Algernon and Gladys Maud Bulmer; husband of Daphne Jean Bulmer, of Leitchville, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Manly NSW
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Manly ANZAC War Memorial, Manly NSW
On 9 May 1944, Leading Aircraftman Bulmer, a Fitter II Airframe, suffered second degree burns in an accident while on duty when he was filling a petrol container which ignited. He was admitted to No. 26 Military Clearing Station, Admiralty Islands, but died of his injuries on 11 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, 166/6/524
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line