LEST WE FORGET
Corporal George LAMB
Service No: 22136
Born: Brisbane QLD, 22 September 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 April 1940
Unit: No. 8 Service Flying Training School, Bundaberg QLD
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Bundaberg, 19 July 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Bundaberg General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Margaret Lamb, of Ashgrove
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At about 1910 hours on 19 July 1944, Corporal Lamb, a Fitter II Airframe, was riding his motorcycle along Bourbong Street, Bundaberg. A pedestrian, Sister Moyra Tibby, was seen to step from the footpath on to the roadway, and the motorcycle struck her sideways and the cycle skidded to a stand still. Both were taken to the Bundaberg General Hospital. Corporal Lamb was admitted, and Sister Tibby treated and then taken to her quarters. Lamb was unconscious when admitted and died later that evening from a compound fracture of the skull caused by a blow to the back of the head against the hard flat surface of the road.
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, 166/24/494