LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I William Rupert HICKMAN
Service No: 68100
Born: Darlinghurst NSW, 31 July 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1942
Unit: Signals School, RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Died: Illness, Sydney NSW, 19 December 1942, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel John and Georgina Murray Hickman, of Kings Cross
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 December 1942, Aircraftman Class I Hickman, a Clerk General, was admitted to No. 3 RAAF Hospital, seriously ill and he died on 19 December 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, 163/122/186