LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Richard Valentine ELLIOTT
Service No: 403662
Born: Newcastle NSW, 14 February 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941
Unit: No. 460 Squadron, RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Died: Illness, Menston, 25 June 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery, Yorkshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William George Durie Elliott and Annie Elliott, of Wickham, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Newcastle NSW
Remembered: Panel 107, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Sergeant Elliott (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) died of illness on 25 June 1942 at Menston, England.
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 Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
Bibliography:
Firkins, P. C. (Peter Charles) (441386) Strike and Return, Westward Ho Publishing City Beach WA, 1985