LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer John Henry STILES
Service No: 1361
Born: Port Melbourne VIC, 16 April 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 May 1928
Unit: Care and Maintenance Unit, Mallala SA
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Adelaide SA, 9 June 1946, Aged 40 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Douglas and Annie Veronica Stiles; husband of Ada Elizabeth Stiles, of Kew, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 June 1946, Warrant Officer Stiles, a Fitter Driver Motor Transport, was injured in a motor car accident on the Mallala-Gawler road, some 20 miles from Mallala. He was admitted dangerously ill to No. 7 RAAF Hospital where he died of his injuries on 9 June 1946.
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, 166/38/1382