LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Andreas Stanley PETERSEN
Service No: 76895
Born: Brisbane QLD, 2 July 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1942
Unit: No. 3 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Amberley QLD
Died: Illness, Amberley, 3 September 1945, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Ipswich General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Andreas Hendrick Petersen and Bethel Petersen, of Brisbane; husband of Edna Edith Petersen, of Kalinga
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 3 September 1945, Leading Aircraftman Petersen, a Fitter II Airframe, died of a coronary occlusion at Station Sick Quarters, Amberley.
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, 166/32/897