LEST WE FORGET

Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph CROWLEY

Service No: 3817
Born: Gatton QLD, 4 February 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 October 1938 (at RAAF Station Richmond NSW)
Unit: No. 6 Transportation and Movements Office, Townsville
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Townsville QLD, 23 April 1945, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Denis and Catherine Johanna Crowley, of Toowoomba
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 23 April 1945, Flight Sergeant Crowley, a Clerk Stores, when walking in Eyre Street, Townsville, was struck in a hit and run car accident and died of his injuries.

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, 166/8/966

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