LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Norman John Salem PORTEOUS
Service No: 137014
Born: Randwick NSW, 21 August 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 September 1943
Unit: No. 15 Aircraft Repair Depot, Port Moresby PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Port Moresby PNG, 26 July 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Norman and Violet Porteous, of Randwick, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 July 1945, Leading Aircraftman Porteous, an Equipment Assistant, fell off a tender and was run over and 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, 166/33/399