LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Robert George BRINDELL
Service No: 25565
Born: Casino NSW, 18 December 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 April 1941
Unit: No. 7 Stores Depot, Toowoomba QLD
Died: Injuries from Motor Vehicle Accident (5 December 1945), near Oakey QLD, 6 December 1945, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Toowoomba General Cemetery, Toowoomba QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Eric Roland and Frances Isobel Brindell; husband of Norma Doreen Brindell, of Kyogle, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Kyogle NSW
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
The following personnel were involved in a motor vehicle accident near Oakey QLD at about 2000 hours on 5 December 1945:
Sergeant Robert George Brindell (25565) Fatally injured, Died: 6 December 1945
Sergeant Thomas Raymond Callinan (25836) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 30 January 1947
Warrant Officer John Patrick Edwards (3072) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 24 April 1947
Mr Kitchen (Foreman, Allied Works Council) Injured
Sergeant Joan Isobel Marchant (99266) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 1 May 1946
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/1447