LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I William Field GARTON
Service No: 59768
Born: Geelong VIC, 28 May 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 July 1942
Unit: No. 1 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
Died: Illness, Fairfield VIC, 13 August 1942, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Dunkeld Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leonard Ernest and Maud Minnie Garton, of Mirranatwa
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 11 August 1942, Aircraftman Class I Garton, a Trainee Group V, was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital Fairfield with Laryngeal Diptheria and died on 13 August 1942.
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, 163/115/131