LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Thomas Harry HOUGHTON
Service No: 439994
Born: Leeton NSW, 17 August 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 August 1924
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Melbourne VIC, 1 August 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Sydney and Elizabeth Veronica Houghton, of Leeton, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Leeton NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: ANZAC Memorial Clock, Leeton NSW
On 30 July 1944, Aircraftman Class I Houghton, a Trainee Technician, was injured in a road accident and admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital and he died from his injuries on 1 August 1944.
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, 166/18/425
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line