LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Jack RENFREW
Service No: 413325
Born: Newcastle NSW, 6 February 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 August 1941
Unit: No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School, Lowood QLD
Died: Illness, Concord NSW, 19 March 1942, Aged 29 Years
Cremated: Newcastle Crematorium, Beresfield NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Ellen Renfrew; husband of Christina Jean Renfrew, of Mereweather
Roll of Honour: Newcastle NSW
Remembered: Panel 5, NSW Cremation Memorial
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 March 1942, Leading Aircraftman Renfrew, a Trainee Pilot, was admitted to No. 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, suffering acute nephritis and died later that day.
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, 163/156/125