LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Cyril John ROSE
Service No: 8652
Born: Melbourne VIC, 23 July 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 February 1940
Unit: No. 18 Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, Darwin NT, 4 April 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry and Elsie May Rose; husband of Leila Kathleen Rose, of Camperdown, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Camperdown VIC
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Leading Aircraftman Rose, a Fitter IIE, died from burns received in a workplace accident.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/36/237
Bibliography:
Hurst, D. (Doug) The Fourth Ally: The Dutch forces in Australia in WWII, Doug Hurst, Canberra, 2001