LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Frederick William PRATLEY
Service No: 73324
Born: Concord NSW, 7 July 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 November 1942
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Melbourne, 27 February 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick James Pratley and Rachel Pratley, of Cabarita, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Concord NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 December 1942, Leading Aircraftman Pratley, a Flight Rigger, was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital seriously ill with Otitis-Media. He was later transferred to the Alfred Hospital where he died on the 27 February 1944.
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, 166/33/114