LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Stuart Douglas STEELE
Service No: 19177
Born: port fairy VIC, 15 April 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 October 1940
Unit: No. 54 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Ground Accident, Darwin NT, 26 December 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel George and Mary Ross Steele, of Rosebrook, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Port Fairy VIC
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 December 1943 Leading Aircraftman Steele, a Fitter II Airframe, was killed in a motor vehicle accident at Lee Point, Darwin. The vehicle was on an authorised recreational trip when it overturned.
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, 166/38/369