LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Edward Neville MARSH
Service No: 412164
Born: Mudgee NSW, 25 July 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School, Narromine NSW
Died: Illness, Sydney, 1 January 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Mudgee General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward Thomas Marsh and Irene Emily Marsh, of Mudgee
Roll of Honour: Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Mudgee Soldiers Club WW2 Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee NSW
On 13 October 1941, Leading Aircraftman Marsh, a Trainee Pilot, was admitted to No. 113 Australian General Hospital, suffering from anaemia and assessed dangerously ill and he died of the illness on the 1 January 1942.
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, 163/142/226
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line