LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Leslie Keith IRELAND
Service No: 47849
Born: Mount Gambier SA, 27 August 1908
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1942
Unit: No. 2 Air Observers School, Mount Gambier SA
Died: Illness, Beach Port SA, 17 September 1942, Aged 34 Years
Buried: Mount Gambier General Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Leslie and Clara Crissie Ireland; husband of Ida Muriel Ireland, of Mount Gambier.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 17 September 1942, Aircraftman Class I Ireland, a Telegraphist, died from natural causes (probably heart failure), while on recreation leave.
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, 163/125/69