LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Jack Ernest BUTCHER
Service No: 133555
Born: Bondi NSW, 16 March 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 May 1943
Unit: No. 47 Radar Station Unit, Geraldton WA
Died: Illness, Turramurra NSW, 22 January 1946, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Augustus and Florence Alice Butcher, of Wahroonga.
Roll of Honour: Hornsby NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Ku-ring-gai World War II Book of Remembrance, Gordon NSW
On 23 May 1945, Leading Aircraftman Butcher, a Fitter Driver Motor Transport, was admitted to the Lady Davidson Home, Turramurra, NSW, seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis. He died on 22 January 1946.
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, 166/6/1459
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line