LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 2 Eric Percy STOCKTON
Service No: 415283
Born: Bunbury WA, 18 September 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 August 1941
Unit: No. 5 Initial Training School, RAAF Station Pearce WA
Died: Illness, Perth WA, 23 October 1941, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Karrakatta General Cemetery WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percy Grimmett Stockton and Rebecca Stockton; husband of Julia Eileen Stockton. of Perth
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
On 23 October 1941 Aircraftman Stockton died from complications during a tonsillectomy operation.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/163/244