LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Donald Arnold RILEY
Service No: 21719
Born: Gunnedah NSW, 12 July 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 January 1941
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, Libya, 3 December 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Robert and Ada Hannah Riley, of Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Gunnedah NSW
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Gunnedah Cenotaph, Gunnedah NSW
On 3 December 1942, Corporal Riley, an Armourer, was assisting in the cleaning of a machine gun when he was accidentally shot.
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, 163/157/229
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line