LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant William PHILIPSON

Service No: 24002
Born: Charters Towers QLD, 30 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 April 1940
Unit: No. 1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Marysville VIC, 9 April 1945, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Christopher and Margaret Philipson, of Townsville, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Charters Towers QLD
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 9 April 1945, Sergeant Philipson, a Fitter, was killed in a motor cycle accident in Marysville, Victoria.

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, 166/32/759

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