LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Raymond William FARRELL
Service No: 425291
Born: Warwick QLD, 19 March 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 February 1942
Unit: No. 5 Squadron
Died: Illness, Atherton QLD, 26 June 1944, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Atherton War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Michael and Alice Rebecca Farrell; husband of Edna Jean Farrell, of Goondiwindi
Roll of Honour: Goondiwindi QLD
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 9 June 1944, Corporal Farrell, a Telegraphist, was admitted to hospital suffering from bilateral acute focal Nephritis and he died on 26 June 1944.
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, 166/13/247