LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Eric Louis BELTZ
Service No: 18764
Born: Hobart TAS, 23 May 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 September 1940 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 4 Service Flying Training School, Geraldton WA
Died: Ground Accident (on 9 July 1941), Geraldton WA, 10 July 1941, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Geraldton War Cemetery, WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Louis Henry and Lillian Martha Beltz; husband of Lillian Mary Beltz, of Elsternwick, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
1045 hours, Fire Alarm at temporary workshops Hut 184, a 4 gallon tin of Zinc Chromate thinners exploded by hand forge in operation adjacent.
No. 18764 L.A.C. Beltz E.L. Flight Rigger, badly burned, died 10/7/41, buried 11/7/41 in Geraldton Cemetery.
No. 210042 LAC. Myers F.G. (1) Welder, Bums both forearms, admitted to S.S.Q.
No. 16493 A.C.1. Smith F.T.P., (2) Storekeeper, bums face and both hands, admitted S.S.Q.
Damage to hut assessed at Twenty pounds, fire put out at once.
(1) Corporal Frank George Myers (210042) Discharged from the RAAF: 12 June 1945
(2) Corporal Francis Joseph Noel Smith (16493) Discharged from the RAAF: 26 November 1945
No. 4 Service Flying Training School Operations Record Book A50 Entry dated 9 July 1941
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, 163/91/97
Bibliography:
Brenkley, D. J. (Doug J.) RAAF Historical Record of No. 4 Service Flying Training School Geraldton WA, D.J. Brenkley, 2007