LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Lyle William HODGES
Service No: 163160
Born: Mount Elliott QLD, 11 July 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 April 1944 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Sydney NSW, 28 March 1945, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert Henry and Beatrice May Hodges; husband of Mary Ann Hodges, of Bathurst
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, Bathurst NSW
On 20 February 1945, Aircraftman Class I Hodges, a Flight Rigger, was admitted to No. 3 RAAF Hospital diagnosed with gastric neoplasm and seriously ill. He died of a Gastric Carcinoma at 1125 hours on 28 March 1945.
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, 166/18/63