LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Edwin Frederick WITT
Service No: 49141
Born: East Richmond VIC, 14 January 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 November 1941
Unit: No. 100 Squadron
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 29 December 1945, Aged 24 Years
Cremated: Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick William and Gladys May Witt; husband of Beres Winifred Witt, of Hampton
Roll of Honour: Sandringham VIC
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 December 1945, Sergeant Witt, a Radio Direction Finding (Radar) Mechanic, died of an illness at No. 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria. He had returned from New Guinea about 10 months previously.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/1294