LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Desmond Walter THOMPSON
Service No: 69204
Born: Marrickville NSW, 4 August 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 August 1942
Unit: Radio Development and Installation Unit, Melbourne
Died: Ground Accident, near Frankston VIC, 1 December 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Desmond Patrick and Edna May Thompson, of St. Peter’s, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 December 1945, Leading Aircraftman Thompson, a General Hand, was killed in a motor vehicle accident near Frankston, Victoria.
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, 166/39/712