LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Allan John DURRANT
Service No: 133062
Born: Clyde NSW, 11 March 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 April 1943
Unit: No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan
Died: Ground Accident, Iwakuni, 5 June 1946, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas John and Dagmar Durrant, of Granville, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 June 1946, Leading Aircraftman Durrant, a Driver Motor Transport, was killed in a motor accident at Iwakuni, Japan, when the vehicle he was driving overturned after it ran over an embankment.
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, 166/10/634