LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Bernard Patrick RAFTERY
Service No: 33032
Born: Dapto NSW, 30 April 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1940
Unit: No. 4 Squadron
Died: Illness, Port Moresby PNG, 7 November 1943, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Raftery, of Wollongong, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 27 October 1943, Corporal Raftery, a Fitter Driver Motor Transport, was admitted to the 2nd 5th Australian General Hospital, Port Moresby, suffering from scrub typhus and he died on 7 November 1943.
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, 166/35/178