LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I George Perse GRIMES
Service No: 79497
Born: Clifton QLD, 22 September 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1942
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 9 June 1943, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Tom Perse Grimes and Amanda Grimes; husband of Zelma Alice Grimes, of Cecil Plains Queensland
Roll of Honour: Cecil Plains QLD
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 June 1943, Aircraftman Class I Grimes was admitted to the No. 2 RAAF Hospital seriously ill with pneumonia and died on 9 June 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, 166/16/19