LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Bertram SIMONS
Service No: 440963
Born: Brisbane QLD, 19 February 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 March 1944
Unit: No. 2 School of Technical Training, Kingston ACT
Died: Illness, Canberra ACT, 5 March 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Canberra (Woden) Public Cemetery, ACT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Isaac and Dora Simons, of Coorparoo, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 March 1945, Aircraftman Class I Simons, a Trainee Technician, died of pneumonia at the RAAF Section of Canberra Hospital.
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, 166/37/947