LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Francis CONNOLLY
Service No: 22993
Born: Bolton, England, 9 September 1905
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 July 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit at Discharge: No. 8 Service Flying Training School, Bundaberg QLD
Died: Illness, New South Wales, 11 September 1946, Aged 41 Years
Cremated: Sydney (Eastern Suburbs) Crematorium, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Husband of Cecilia Connolly of Double Bay
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 5, NSW Cremation Memorial, Sydney
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 28 May 1945, Leading Aircraftman Connolly, a Fitter II Airframe, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit for further service and he died on 11 September 1946.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 22993