LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Alfred HORSNAILL
Service No: 119350
Born: Birmingham, England, 15 September 1900
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 October 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 24 February 1944, Aged 43 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter Harry and Emma Eliza Horsnaill, husband of Eleanor Clarice Horsnaill, of Sandringham
Roll of Honour: Sandringham VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 June 1943, Leading Aircraftman Horsnaill, a Mess Steward, was very ill with peritonitis. He was admitted to the Bairnsdale District Hospital. On 29 June, he was transferred to No. 6 RAAF hospital diagnosed as critically ill and he died at 0010 hours on 24 February 1944.
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, 166/18/105