LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer John Frederick EDELSTEN
Service No: 205821
Born: St Arnaud VIC, 2 April 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 September 1939
Unit: No. 24 Air Stores Park, Balikpapan
Died: Ground Accident, Balikpapan, 17 September 1945, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Mabel Catherine Edelsten, of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Williamstown VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 September 1945, Warrant Officer Edelsten, an Equipment Assistant, died of his injuries from a road accident at Balikpapan, Borneo.
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, 166/11/362