LEST WE FORGET

Aircraftwoman Ruth Muriel HAWKER

Service No: 106198
Born: Fofar, Scotland, 8 June 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 September 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: RAAF Headquarters, Melbourne VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Prahran VIC, 4 December 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Daughter of Donald Glyn Collins Hawker and Marian Blakehurst Hawker, of Epping, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Epping NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 4 December 1943, Aircraftwoman Hawker, a Clerk, was killed when she fell from the roof of the Love and Lewis Building, Prahran.

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