LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Frederick EMMERSON
Service No: 253509
Born: 9 September 1900, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: Melbourne Wireless Telegraph Station VIC
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 17 October 1943, Aged 43 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mary Louise Emmerson; husband of Gertrude Mary Emmerson, of Armadale
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 July 1943, Flight Lieutenant Emmerson (Administrative and Special Duties) was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, seriously ill and he died on 17 October 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, 166/12/39