LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Frank LIDGERWOOD
Service No: 11436
Born: Birregurra VIC, 26 October 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 July 1940
Unit: No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School
Died: Ground Accident, Ballarat VIC, 23 November 1940, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston TAS
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Horace Richard and Ethel Lidgerwood, of Mowbray
Roll of Honour: Launceston TAS
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 23 November 1940, Leading Aircraftman Lidgerwood and Aircraftman Class I Geoffrey Leonard Clarke (10498) were both killed in a motorcycle accident.
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, 53/1/793