LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ronald William HUNTER
Service No: 19932
Born: Wandin VIC, 26 June 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 December 1940
Unit: No. 77 Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, Noemfoor, 30 March 1945, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Mary Agnes Hunter, of Drouin, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Drouin VIC
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 March 1945, Leading Aircraftman Hunter, a Fitter II Engines, died from injuries received when he stepped into a moving airscrew of Kittyhawk A29-922 at Kamiri airstrip, Noemfoor, New
Guinea.
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, 166/18/687