LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Charles Robert ROUSE
Service No: 143716
Born: Richmond VIC, 24 September 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 August 1943
Unit: No. 6 Transportation and Movements Office, Townsville
Died: Ground Accident, Garbutt QLD, 7 July 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Maurice Daniel and Myrtle Catherine Rouse, of Fitzroy, Victoria
Roll of Honour: North Fitzroy VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 July 1945, Leading Aircraftman Rouse a General Hand, died from injuries received when he accidentally fell from the back of a truck at Garbutt aerodrome.
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, 166/36/636