LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Leslie Hunter JORGENSEN
Service No: 429501
Born: Helensburgh NSW, 4 November 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 October 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 92 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 92 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft A8-245), Narrandera NSW, 3 September 1945, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Narrandera War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Harold and Wilhelmina Pearl Jorgensen, of Wickham Terrace, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 3 September 1945, Beaufighter A8-245 crashed at Narrandera during local flying and all on board were killed.
On board A8-245 were:
Sergeant Norman John Bailey (37964) (Second Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Harold Stewart Currie (15235) (Clerk General, Supernumerary)
Warrant Officer Henry Thomas George Griffin (4594) (Equipment Assistant, Supernumerary)
Warrant Officer Leslie Hunter Jorgensen (429501) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Robert Lindsay Norton (149756) (Equipment Assistant, Supernumerary)
Corporal Hilton George Shung (68720) (Equipment Assistant, Supernumerary)
Sergeant Albert Victor Whittington (5668) (Instrument Maker, Supernumerary)
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, 166/21/377; A9845, 58