LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Aloysius SIZE
Service No: 71467
Born: West Maitland NSW, 12 June 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 October 1942
Unit: No. 10 Works Supply Unit, Lae PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Lae, 19 March 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Michael and Olive Marie Size, of West Maitland, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: West Maitland NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 March 1944, Leading Aircraftman Size a General Hand, died of gunshot wounds received when a rifle being cleaned by another airman accidentally fired. At the time Leading Aircraftman Size was working at a No. 10 Works Supply Unit Detachment at a sawmill in Lae.
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, 166/37/350