LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Francis Thomas DERRY
Service No: 2383
Born: Stawell VIC, 21 January 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 September 1924
Unit: Melbourne Wireless Telegraph Station VIC
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 16 December 1943, Aged 37 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis Joseph and Mary Agnes Derry; husband of Linda Agnes Derry, of Burwood
Roll of Honour: Camber well VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 March 1943, Flight Lieutenant Derry (Administrative and Special Duties) was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, seriously ill and he died on 16 December 1943.
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, 166/9/50