LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman David Horace FRANKLIN
Service No: 40202
Born: Essendon VIC, 26 January 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 April 1941
Unit: No. 12 Signals Unit, Townsville QLD
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 23 April 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Horace William and Winifred Eleanor Franklin, of Beveridge
Roll of Honour: Wallan VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 23 April 1943, Leading Aircraftman Franklin, a Wireless Operator Mechanic, died of an illness.
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, 166/14/7