LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Leslie Frank LAWLEY
Service No: 414242
Born: Brisbane QLD, 31 October 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 August 1941
Unit: No. 10 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 10 Service Flying Training School Cessna aircraft), Manitoba, 12 August 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Dauphin Riverside Cemetery, Manitoba
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Charles and Lizzie Florence Lawley of Yeronga, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0100 hours on 12 August 1943, a Cessna aircraft while engaged on night flying instruction and completing a circuit crashed near Dauphin aerodrome, Manitoba. The crew of two was killed.
The crew members of the Cessna were:
Pilot Officer Leslie Frank Lawley (414242) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Henry Verdun May (428922) (Student Pilot)
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, 166/27/198