LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Selwyn Keith LOVEDAY
Service No: 414145
Born: Lanefield QLD, 15 April 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 August 1941
Unit: No. 1 Y Depot (later named No. 501 Personnel Holding Unit) (RCAF), Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died: Illness, Nova Scotia, 26 October 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Halifax (Fort Massey) Cemetery, Nova Scotia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter William and Postunia Azubah Loveday, of Lanefield, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Rosewood QLD
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2340 hours on 26 October 1942, Sergeant Loveday died of cerebral Spinal Meningitis.
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, 163/139/184