LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Lionel Harry WHAITE
Service No: 64689
Born: Perth WA, 15 July 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 May 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: Central Flying School
Died: Ground Accident, Tamworth NSW, 3 December 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Botany General Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harry and Mona Whaite; husband of Marcia Patricia Whaite, of Crow’s Nest
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0815 hours on the 3 December 1942 during manual refuelling operations, Aircraftman Class I Whaite, a Trainee Group V, was run over by a petrol tanker and died of his injuries.
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, 163/177/395