LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Leo Edmund TEHAN
Service No: 142770
Born: Rochester VIC, 16 June 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1943
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 18 July 1942, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Laurence Joseph and Elizabeth Irene Tehan, of North Ballarat
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 11 July 1942, Aircraftman Class I Tehan, a Radio Telephone operator, was admitted No. 6 RAAF Hospital seriously ill and he died on the 18 July 1942.
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, 166/37/99