LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Richard Charles DAVENPORT
Service No: 606
Born: South Melbourne VIC, 22 June 1902
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 April 1925
Unit: No. 21 Squadron
Died: Illness, Caulfield VIC, 29 May 1940, Aged 37 Years
Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Husband of I. V. Davenport, of South Melbourne
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 May 1940, Flight Sergeant Davenport, a Fitter Armourer, died of an illness in the Repatriation General Hospital, Caulfield.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 53/1/657