LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer George Hay BATCHELOR
Service No: 426513
Born: Brisbane QLD, 8 November 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 July 1942
Unit: No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit, Archerfield QLD
Died: Illness, Queensland, 28 August 1945, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Hay Batchelor and Margaret Fraser Batchelor, of Brisbane; husband of Rita May Batchelor, of Ashgrove
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 28August 1945, Warrant Officer Batchelor, a Navigator Wireless Operator, died of Hodgkin’s disease in the No. 112 Australian General Hospital, Greenslopes.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/5/1233