LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Leslie Fred GRUBB
Service No: 32973
Born: Sheffield, England, 12 February 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Evans Head NSW
Died: Drowned, off Evans Head, 21 April 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Grubb, of Lakemba, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 7, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 Apri11941, Aircraftman Class I Grubb and Aircraftman Class I Henry James Wall (24802), both Aircraft Hands, drowned at South Range Beach, Evans Head, when they were washed out to sea.
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, 163/118/135