LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Wilfred George ATKINSON
Service No: 408668
Born: Armadale VIC, 9 April 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 May 1941
Unit: No. 232 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Raid: Sicily, 12 August 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Hector Rupert and Marion Atkinson, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sandringham VIC
Remembered: Panel 11, Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Flight Sergeant Atkinson, a Pilot, was reported missing after an air raid on Lentini East, Sicily, on 12 August 1943. Following extensive searches and enquiries, during which the place of burial could not be established, it was recorded in 1949 that Flight Sergeant Atkinson had no known grave.
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, 166/4/86