LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Cecil Albert IVES
Service No: 300407
Born: Glenelg SA, 8 July 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 March 1939
Unit: Melbourne Wireless Telegraph Station VIC
Died: Illness, Ascot Vale VIC, 6 July 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William George and Rosina Maude Ives, husband of Gwendoline Olive Ives, of West Essendon
Roll of Honour: Adelaide SA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 10 April 1942, Flight Sergeant Ives, a Wireless Telegraph Operator, was admitted to No. 2 RAAF Hospital, Ascot Vale, seriously ill and he died on 6 July 1942.
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, 163/125/53