LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ross Thompson ALLAN
Service No: 439552
Born: Trangie NSW, 14 July 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 July 1943
Unit: No. 8 Service Flying Training School, Bundaberg QLD
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Bundaberg, 13 February 1944, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Bundaberg General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sidney Hodgson Allan and Marjorie Annie Allan, of Balgowlah, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Manly NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Manly ANZAC War Memorial, Manly NSW
On 10 February 1944, Leading Aircraftman Allan, a Trainee Pilot, was injured when he fell from a building when on duty. He was with others laying a tarpaulin over the roof of the Sergeants’ Mess beer garden and he fell at about 1400 hours and struck the back of his head on the concrete floor below. He was admitted to the Bundaberg General hospital and died of his injuries on 13 February 1944.
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, 166/3/175
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line