LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Harold GREEN
Service No: 18780
Born: Penshurst VIC, 21 August 1907
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 September 1940
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Laverton VIC, 11 March 1942, Aged 34 Years
Buried: Box Hill General Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Ester Georgina Green, of Auburn
Roll of Honour: Merino VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 2 February 1942, Leading Aircraftman Green, a Flight Rigger, was admitted to No. 1 RAAF Hospital, Laverton, suffering from a perforated gastric ulcer and died on the 11 March 1942.
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, 163/118/289