LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Horace George WILLIAMS
Service No: 418031
Born: Glenferrie VIC, 9 February 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 April 1942
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Ground Accident, Deniliquin, 24 December 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William George and Stella May Williams, of Hawthom, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Hawthorn VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1330 hours on 24 December 1942, Leading Aircraftman Williams, a Trainee Pilot, drowned while swimming in the Edward River at Deniliquin.
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, 163/178/506