LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Frederick Ernest SMITH
Service No: 128420
Born: Echuca VIC, 3 February 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 April 1943
Unit: No. 14 Aircraft Repair Depot
Died: Electrocuted, Gorrie NT, 15 January 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Edward and Margaret Jane Smith, of Mentone, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Mentone VIC
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 January 1945, Leading Aircraftman Smith, a Stores Hand, was electrocuted when he came into contact with live electrical equipment.
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, 166/38/867