LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftwoman Rita EDWARDS
Service No: 109737
Born: Cooks Hill NSW, 4 December 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 July 1943
Unit: No. 5 Aircraft Depot
Died: Illness, Wagga Wagga, 14 December 1944, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Daughter of Joseph and Ivy May Player; wife of Charles Edwards
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 December 1944, Aircraftwoman Edwards, a Stewardess, died of an illness at No. 1 RAAF Hospital, 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, 166/11/178