LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Keith Stilwell WILSON
Service No: 52169
Born: Glenferrie VIC, 11 September 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 March 1942
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Ground Accident, Deniliquin, 29 December 1942, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Kenneth and Lillian Wilson; husband of Frances Marjorie Wilson, of Berrigan
Roll of Honour: Berrigan NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 December 1942, Leading Aircraftman Wilson, a Flight Rigger, died of his injuries received in a motor car accident. The car, which was driven by Corporal Michael Edward Delves (411487) (Discharged: 16 January 1946), struck a tree at 2145 hours in Cemetery Avenue, adjoining the Deniliquin Station grounds.
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, 163/178/507