LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Aubrey Herbert CREAMER
Service No: 35987
Born: Newcastle NSW, 6 May 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 April 1941
Unit: No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Forrest Hill NSW
Died: Drowned, Murrumbidgee River, 14 December 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Newcastle (Sandgate) General Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Bert William Henry and Lillian Irene Creamer, of Newcastle
Roll of Honour: Cooks Hill NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall, Sandgate NSW
At 1300 hours on 14 December 1941, Leading Aircraftman Creamer, a Dental Mechanic, drowned when swimming in the Murrumbidgee River near Wagga Wagga.
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 A705, 163/98/396
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line