LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Eric Francis STOCKBRIDGE
Service No: 78628
Born: Calliope QLD, 2 March 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 September 1942
Unit: No. 3 School of Technical Training, Ultimo NSW
Died: Illness, Concord, NSW, 18 October 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Jethro Francis and Ruth Agnes Stockbridge; husband of Lucy Stockbridge, of Gladstone, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Gladstone QLD
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 18 October 1942, Aircraftman Class I Stockbridge, a Trainee Technician, was admitted to the Australian General Hospital, Concord, suffering from an illness and died later that day.
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, 163/163/553