LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Noel Frederick McGINNESS
Service No: 127324
Born: Newport VIC, 6 February 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 February 1943
Unit: No. 5 Squadron
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 13 May 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Eunice Myra McGinnes, of Williamstown
Roll of Honour: Williamstown VIC
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 February 1945, Leading Aircraftman McGinness, a Flight Mechanic, was admitted to No. 6
RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, suffering from Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and he died on 13 May 1945.
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, 166/26/784