LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Marshall Noad DOUGLAS
Service No: 409674
Born: Newport VIC, 28 May 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 October 1941
Discharged from the RAAF: 17 November 1943
Unit at Discharge: No. 1 Embarkation Depot (formerly attached to RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada)
Died: Illness, Victoria, 2 February 1945, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Trafalgar Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Elizabeth Douglas, of Trafalgar South; husband of M. I. Douglas, of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 November 1943, Leading Aircraftman Douglas (a Trainee Pilot), was discharged from the RAAF as being medically unfit for further service. He died on 2 February 1945.
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 A9301, 409674