LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Robert Fred WURTZ
Service No: 78791
Born: Bowen QLD, 12 April 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 September 1942
Unit: No. 77 Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, Noemfoor Island, 28 September 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexander Gilmore Wurtz and Florence Theresa Wurtz; husband of Doreen Wurtz, of Sellheim, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Townsville QLD
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1300 hours on 28 September 1944, Sergeant Wurtz, a Wireless Maintenance Mechanic, was electrocuted while testing a Very High Frequency radio set on Kittyhawk A29-827.
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, 166/44/181