LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman George Eric CLAY
Service No: 419778
Born: Lismore NSW, 25 October 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 October 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 14 Aircraft Repair Depot
Died: Electrocuted, Gorrie NT, 21 December 1944, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur H. Clay and Elizabeth Mabel Clay; husband of Jean Christina Clay, of Camberwell, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Albury NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 December 1944, Leading Aircraftman Clay, a Clerk Accounts, died when he was electrocuted through coming in contact with a defective electric fan.
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, 166/7/768