LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Gilbert Norman McALISTER
Service No: 411343
Born: Stanmore NSW, 15 April 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 April 1941
Unit: No. 27 Operational Training Unit (RAF), RAF Station Lichfield
Died: Illness, Lichfield, 9 July 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Fradley (St Stephen’s) Churchyard, Staffordshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gilbert Lachlan McAlister and Philomena Ellen McAlister, of Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Ashfield NSW
Remembered: Panel 126, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 9 July 1942, Sergeant McAlister, a Wireless Air Gunner, died of an illness.
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, 163/141/608