LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Cyril Gage WILSON
Service No: 40288
Born: Glenthompson VIC, 4 April 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 May 1941
Unit: RAAF Headquarters, Melbourne VIC
Died: Illness, Laverton VIC, 13 March 1942, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Glenthompson Public Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Horace Lance Wilson and Edith Bigrove Wilson, of Glenthompson
Roll of Honour: Glenthompson VIC
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 March 1942, Leading Aircraftman Wilson, an Office Orderly, died of an illness at No. 1 RAAF Hospital, RAAF Station Laverton.
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, 163/178/288