LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Sidney WHITE
Service No: 23203
Born: Brisbane QLD, 24 July 1905
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 August 1940
Unit: Station Headquarters, Bankstown NSW
Died: Injuries (from Ground Accident at Bankstown on 29 December 1941), Concord, 1 January 1942, Aged 37 Years
Cremated: Rookwood Crematorium NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Christopher and Rose Hannah White; husband of Helen May White, of Randwick
Roll of Honour: Strathfield NSW
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 December 1941, Leading Aircraftman White, a Tailor, was a member of a Vickers Machine gun crew proceeding to his post on a drop side tender during an air raid alarm practice at Bankstown aerodrome. When the tender was turning a comer, Leading Aircraftman White lost his balance and was thrown to the ground. He died at Australian General Hospital, Concord, on 1 January 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, 163/177/188