LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ronald ELWELL
Service No: 71382
Born: Gosford NSW, 5 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 October 1942
Unit: No. 14 Aircraft Repair Depot
Died: Illness, Darwin NT, 9 September 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Thomas Elwell and Alice Rosetta Elwell, of Fassifern, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Parramatta NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Wyong War Memorial, Wyong NSW
On 9 September 1943, Leading Aircraftman Elwell, a General Hand, died of encephalitis in the Larrimah Hospital, Darwin.
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, 166/11/74
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line