LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Donald Edward RANKIN
Service No: 284965
Born: Charra SA, 17 April 1898
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 March 1942
Unit: No. 7 Transportation and Movements Office, Goodenough Island PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Goodenough Island, 20 December 1943, Aged 45 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Edward Alexander and Ethel Rankin; husband of Annie Elizabeth Rankin, of South Brighton, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Brighton SA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Flight Lieutenant Rankin died of gunshot wounds on 20 December 1943.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/35/195