LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Francis James DWYER
Service No: 49502
Born: Bairnsdale VIC, 4 July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 December 1941
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 24 December 1943, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Jeremiah and Jane Dwyer, of Bairnsdale
Roll of Honour: Bairnsdale VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 November 1943, Leading Aircraftman Dwyer, a Flight Mechanic, was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. He died at 2300 hours on 24 December 1943.
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, 166/10/146