LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I William Thomas SMALL
Service No: 75129
Born: Townsville QLD, 23 November 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 April 1942
Unit: No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School
Died: Illness, Ballarat VIC, 13 July 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Ballarat (New) General Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Patrick and Mary Anne Small; husband of Florence Annie Small, of Bowen, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Bowen QLD
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 2 July 1942, Aircraftman Class I Small, a Trainee Wireless Telegraph Operator, was admitted to the Ballarat Base Hospital seriously ill with pulmonary embolism following an appendectomy and he died on 13 July 1942.
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, 163/162/400