LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer William Edward GREENWOOD
Service No: 17203
Born: Scarborough England, 30 September 1903
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 July 1940 (at Perth WA)
Unit: No. 5 School of Technical Training, Perth WA
Died: Illness, Perth WA, 24 December 1943, Aged 40 Years
Buried: Karrakatta War Cemetery WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Annie Greenwood; husband of Sadie Isobel Greenwood, of Subiaco.
Roll of Honour: Subiaco WA
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
At 0700 hours on 24 December 1943, Warrant Officer Greenwood, a Warrant Officer Disciplinary, had a shower and returned to his room, and while dressing he collapsed and died.
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
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/16/241