LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Clarence James GILKS
Service No: 163894
Born: Cooma NSW, 26 April 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 June 1944
Unit: No. 33 Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, New Guinea, 19 February 1946, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Reginald Ernest and Alice Amanda Gilks, of Goulburn, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Goulburn NSW
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 February 1946, Leading Aircraftman Gilks was fatally injured when a transport vehicle collided with another vehicle on Nadzab Road, Lae,
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/15/616