LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Vincent James MEAGHER
Service No: 137047
Born: Newtown NSW, 28 August 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 September 1943
Unit: Care and Maintenance Unit, Narromine NSW
Died: Ground Accident, near Narromine NSW, 6 July 1946, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Rookwood Necropolis, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Whinstane Meagher and Agnes Muriel Meagher, of St. Peters
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 July 1946, Leading Aircraftman Meagher, Fitter Driver Motor Transport, was killed when a vehicle in which he was travelling overturned on Peak Hill road, 17 miles from Narromine, New South Wales. Leading Aircraftman Frederick August Rohrich (166246) (Discharged: 23 October 1947) was seriously injured.
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, 166/27/1237