LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman William HOFFMAN
Service No: 75945
Born: Charleville QLD, 28 February 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 June 1942
Unit: No. 3 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Amberley QLD
Died: Illness, Amberley, 13 October 1943, Aged 37 Years
Buried: Ipswich General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William M. Hoffman and Lucy Harriet Hoffman; husband of Elsie Gertrude Hoffman, of Ascot
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Leading Aircraftman Herbert Charles Hoffman (76459)
On 10 October 1943, Leading Aircraftman Hoffman, a Coppersmith, was admitted to Station Sick Quarters dangerously ill with pneumonia and he died on 13 October 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, 166/18/197