LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Richard Oliver HARRISON
Service No: 13414
Born: Dublin, Ireland, 17 February 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 March 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 37 Squadron, Essendon VIC
Died: Vehicle Accident, Essendon, 1 January 1945, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Geoffrey and Annie Irwin Harrison, of Inverleigh
Roll of Honour: Inverleigh VIC
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 January 1945, Leading Aircraftman Harrison, a Fitter Mechanic, was killed in an accident when the vehicle in which he was travelling struck a culvert at Essendon.
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, 166/17/930
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Dakota, Hercules and Caribou in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990