LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Charles Ronald FREAK
Service No: 39866
Born: Exeter SA, 8 August 1908
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1941
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Adelaide SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide, 25 December 1943, Aged 35 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry Ward Freak and Ellen Woodward Freak; husband of Ethel Dorothy Freak, of Edwardstown
Roll of Honour: Edwardstown SA
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 15 August 1943, Leading Aircraftman Freak, an Apprentice Rigger, was admitted to No. 105 Australian General Hospital, dangerously ill with carcinoma of the stomach. He died on the 25 December 1943.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/14/79