LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Eric EDLUND
Service No: 132051
Born: Sydney NSW, 17 February 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 March 1943
Unit: No. 481 (Maintenance) Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan
Died: Ground Accident, Kure, Japan, 31 October 1946, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Eva Edlund, of Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 31 October 1946, Leading Aircraftman Edlund, a Flight Mechanic, died from injuries when an armoured car in which he was travelling overturned at Kure, Japan.
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, 166/11/387