LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I George Gordon PERRY
Service No: 167595
Born: Goulburn NSW, 3 July 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 April 1945
Unit: No. 1 Central Reserve
Died: Ground Accident, near Glenbrook NSW, 13 April 1946, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Richmond War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edwin and Mary Dorothea Perry, of Bulahdelah
Roll of Honour: Bulahdelah NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 April 1946, Aircraftman Class I Perry, a Guard, died of injuries when he was involved in an accident when a Clarkton Tractor on which he was riding, ran over a drop of about 30 feet into a gully at the eastern end of the disused Glenbrook railway tunnel and he was crushed by the vehicle.
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, 166/32/973