LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Max Edward SEIPOLT
Service No: 53622
Born: Kaniva VIC, 18 July 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 April 1922
Unit: No. 13 Aircraft Repair Depot
Died: Drowned, Burdekin River, 21 November 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Charters Towers War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Howard Edward and Gladys Seipolt, of Dimboola, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Dimboola VIC
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 November 1943, Leading Aircraftman Seipolt, a Fitter II Engines, drowned when swimming in the Rocks Pool in the Burdekin River, about 20 miles from Charters Towers, Queensland.
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, 166/37/250