LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Patrick John Martin O’LOUGHLIN
Service No: 67862
Born: Redfern NSW, 19 November 1907
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1942
Unit: No. 8 Stores Depot
Died: Ground Accident, Townsville QLD, 20 September 1944, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Douris Septimus and, Margaret Mary O’Loughlin, of Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Eileen Gladys O’Loughlin, of Pinkenba
Roll of Honour: Moore Park NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 20 September 1944, Leading Aircraftman O’Loughlin, a Tailor, died of injuries when he was hit by a motor trailer at Townsville after stepping off the pavement at the comer of Flinders and Stokes Streets.
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, 166/31/248