LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Lewis James SOMERVILLE
Service No: 41176
Born: Dandenong VIC, 28 April 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 June 1941
Unit: No. 2 Air Observers School
Died: Ground Accident, near Dandenong VIC, 21 July 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Thomas Somerville and Jean Somerville, of Clayton
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 July 1944, the body of Leading Aircraftman Somerville, a Clerk, was found by a civilian beside the railway line, 300 yards on the Melbourne side of the Dandenong Railway Station.
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, 166/38/611