LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer David Hugh KING
Service No: 431361
Born: Ballarat VIC, 5 June 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 June 1943
Discharged from the RAAF: 14 November 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 87 Squadron
Died: 20 December 1946, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Caramut Public Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Keith Rea King and Caroline Muriel King, of Caramut
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 November 1945, Flying Officer King’s (a Navigator Wireless Operator) appointment was terminated on demobilisation to resume his civil occupations as a farmer and he died on the 20 December 1946.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9300, KING D H