LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Stanley Idrice WALK
Service No: 75848
Born: Bundaberg QLD, 4 march 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 May 1942
Unit: No. 12 Repair and Servicing Unit
Died: Ground Accident, Tadji PNG, 15 November 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick Johan and Mildred Walk, of Bundaberg, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Bundaberg QLD
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 November 1944, Leading Aircraftman Walk, a Flight Mechanic, died at Tadji, New Guinea as a result of a gunshot wound received when he was reloading a rifle.
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, 166/43/948