LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman William Wesley SLATER

Service No: 11353
Born: Hawthorn VIC, 26 June 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 July 1940
Unit: Headquarters North West Area, Darwin NT
Died: Ground Accident, Point Blaze NT, 17 May 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edwin William and Beatrice Ellen Slater, of Canterbury, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Camberwell VIC
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 17 May 1942, Leading Aircraftman Slater, a Wireless Telegraph Operator, died from a bullet wound at Observation Point, Point Blaze, Northern Territory.

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, 163/162/351
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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