LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Alexander LAUBE
Service No: 39342
Born: Woolwich, England, 13 March 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 May 1941 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: Melbourne Wireless Telegraph Station, VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Melbourne, 21 December 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexander Henry and Albertina Laube, of Mount Gambier, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Mount Gambier SA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 21 December 1943, Leading Aircraftman Laube, a Motor Cyclist under training, died from injuries received when his motor cycle was involved in an accident at the comer of Smithfield and Epsom Roads, Flemington.
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, 166/24/247