LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Ronald William HARRIS
Service No: 115768
Born: Moonta SA, 20 July 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 August 1942
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Adelaide SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide, 17 September 1942, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Thomas Harris and Ruby Ellen Harris, of Lipson
Roll of Honour: Lipson SA
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 16 April 1942, Aircraftman Class I Harris, a Trainee Technician, was admitted to the RAAF
Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, dangerously ill with Cervical spinal fever. He died on 17 September 1942.
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, 163/120/574