LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Robin George GALLAGHER
Service No: 139431
Born: Christchurch, New Zealand, 8 January 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 January 1944 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 22 Repair and Servicing Unit, Labuan
Died: Electrocuted, Labuan, 14 October 1945, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Samuel and Ethel May Gallagher, of Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 October 1945, Leading Aircraftman Gallagher, a Wireless Maintenance Mechanic, was accidentally electrocuted on duty and died. He was erecting an aerial in the vicinity of the Wireless Section, and had attached one end of the aerial around an electric power plug in the section. When he pulled the wire clear of the ground, the end slipped and came into contact with a terminal of the main electric power supply.
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, 166/15/600