LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Laurence Frank Augustine McQUEEN
Service No: 147931
Born: Kyneton VIC, 3 February 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 March 1944
Unit: Headquarters RAAF Station Townsville QLD
Died: Drowned, Ross River QLD, 10 February 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James and Ellen Maud McQueen, of Kyneton, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 7, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 10 February 1942, Leading Aircraftman McQueen, a General Hand, drowned in the Ross River Townsville at a time when it was in flood.
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, 166/26/1182