LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Arthur James FENNELL
Service No: 64932
Born: Botany NSW, 15 August 1899
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 May 1942
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Ground Accident, near Uranquinty, 3 July 1943, Aged 43 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Harriette Rowley Fennell, of Botany; husband of Ethel Clare Fennell, of Botany
Roll of Honour: Botany NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Botany (Booralee Park) War Memorial, Botany NSW
On 3 July 1943, Aircraftman Class I Fennell, a General Hand, was killed by a civilian truck while walking along the road back to camp. He had a day’s stand down and went to The Rock. He returned to Uranquinty by train about 1800 hours and had commenced to walk back to camp.
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, 166/13/79
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line