LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Geoffrey Leighton BUTTERY
Service No: 140810
Born: Kensington SA, 16 June 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 July 1943
Unit: No. 10 Stores Depot, Merredin WA
Died: Ground Accident (Drowned), Merredin WA, 28 January 1944, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Karrakatta War Cemetery WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percy and Ivy Muriel Buttery, of Norwood, South Australia.
Roll of Honour: Norwood SA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 28 January 1944, Aircraftman Class I Buttery, an Equipment Assistant, drowned at the Railway Dam at Merredin.
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
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/392