LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class II Edgar John KURTZ
Service No: 433031
Born: Mudgee NSW, 9 August 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 February 1943
Unit: No. 2 Initial Training School, Lindfield NSW
Died: Ground Accident, Sydney NSW, 3 July 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Mudgee General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Edgar Stanley Kurtz and Elizabeth Jane Kurtz, of Eurunderee
Roll of Honour: Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Mudgee Soldiers Club WW2 Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee NSW
At 1220 hours on 3 July 1943, Aircraftman Class II Kurtz, an Aircrew Trainee, was killed while leaning from a tram watching an aircraft overhead and was struck by a passing tram in George Street, Sydney.
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, 166/23/17
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line