LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Stewart Leslie DONALDSON
Service No: 41602
Born: Warrnambool VIC, 12 April 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 July 1941
Unit: No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, West Sale VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 4 July 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Warrnambool Public Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Alfred and Mary Jane Donaldson, of Warnnambool
Roll of Honour: Warrnambool VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 July 1942, Aircraftman Class I Donaldson, an Electrician, died of cerebro-spinal meningitis at Fairfield Hospital, Melbourne.
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, 163/103/116