LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant William Charles SOUTH
Service No: 3036
Born: Balaclava VIC, 21 August 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 October 1937
Unit: No. 9 Stores Depot, Winnellie NT
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Adelaide River NT, 30 September 1946, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles William and Alice Jane South; husband of Patricia Mary South, of East Perth, Western Australia
Roll of Honour: Perth WA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 September 1946, Flight Sergeant South, an Equipment Assistant, died of injuries when a jeep overturned on the main north-south highway at Adelaide River.
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, 166/38/1395