LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Frederick St John PAGE
Service No: 433129
Born: Monteagle NSW, 12 April 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 February 1943
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-478), near Uranquinty, 23 November 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Herbert Samuel Cope Page and Minnie Dorothy Page, of Monteagle
Roll of Honour: Young NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Young Soldiers Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial Boards, Young NSW
At 0030 hours on 23 November 1943, Wirraway A20-478 flown solo by Leading Aircraftman Page crashed three miles north of the Uranquinty aerodrome and he was killed.
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, 166/32/237; A9845, 195
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line