LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Leonard Stanley LAWSON
Service No: 64151
Born: Rozelle NSW, 12 June 1904
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 April 1942
Unit: No. 5 Aircraft Depot
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Griffith NSW, 30 September 1944, Aged 40 Years
Buried: Narrandera War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles George and Emily Eleanor Lawson; husband of Aisileen Muriel Lawson, of Leichhardt
Roll of Honour: Leichardt NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 September 1944, Corporal Lawson, a Turner, died of injuries received when a motor cycle he was riding struck a fence at Yogali Siding in Griffith, New South Wales.
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, 166/24/548