LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ivan Astbury YOUNG
Service No: 56874
Born: Charlton VIC, 15 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 June 1942
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 12 December 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Myra Agnes Young, of Swan Hill
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 November 1943, Leading Aircraftman Young, a Flight Technician, was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital, seriously ill with mastoiditis and he died on 12 December 1943.
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, 166/45/32