LEST WE FORGET

Corporal Stanislaus Henry PETTIFORD

Service No: 63133
Born: Condobolin NSW, 15 September 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 March 1942
Unit: No. 5 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Sydney NSW, 21 December 1945, Aged 39 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Joseph and Helena Blanche Pettiford; husband of Amy May Pettiford, of Eastwood
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Leichardt Memorial, Leichardt NSW

On 7 November 1945, Corporal Pettiford, a Cook, was admitted to No. 3 RAAF Hospital seriously ill with abdominal Ascites. This was later changed to dangerously ill and he died at 1900 hours on 21 December 1945.

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, 166/32/944
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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