LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Rupert Gordon RENTON
Service No: 125051
Born: South Yarra VIC, 22 March 1900
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 December 1942
Unit: No. 4 Maintenance Group
Died: Ground Accident, Ballarat VIC, 30 September 1944, Aged 44 Years
Buried: Ballarat New General Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward Sinclair Renton and Mary Ann Renton, of Coburg
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 September 1944, Leading Aircraftman Renton, a Guard, died from injuries sustained in an accidental fall from stairs leading down to the basement of the Australian Comforts Fund Hostel, Ballarat.
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, 166/35/369