LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Henry James WALL
Service No: 24802
Born: Ipswich QLD, 17 November 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 February 1941
Unit: No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Evans Head NSW
Died: Drowned, off Evans Head, 21 April 1941, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Raymond Alfred and Ada Louisa Wall, of East Ipswich, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 7, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 Apri11941, Aircraftman Class I Wall and Aircraftman Class I Leslie Fred Grubb (32973), both Aircraft Hands, drowned at South Range Beach, Evans Head, when they were washed out to sea.
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, 163/176/96