LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Alfred Daniel O’NEILL
Service No: 88061
Born: Torrens Park SA, 29 June 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 August 1942 (at Hobart TAS)
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Illness, Deniliquin NSW, 5 June 1943, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie John and Beatrice May O’Neil, of Launceston, Tasmania
Roll of Honour: Adelaide SA
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1130 hours on 5 June 1943, Leading Aircraftman O’Neill, a Messman, reported at Station Sick Quarters, Deniliquin, and he died later that day of Septicaemic Meningitis.
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, 166/31/68