LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Mervyn Keith BURCHETT
Service No: 144485
Born: Korumburra VIC, 8 September 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 September 1943
Unit: No. 10 Replenishing Unit, Nadzab
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 1 March 1946, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ronald Delbridge Burchett and Ethel May Burchett, of Poowong
Roll of Honour: Poowong VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 March 1946, Leading Aircraftman Burchett, an Electrician, died of an illness.
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, 166/6/321