LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Alexander Bonaparte Le MESCAM
Service No: 12985
Born: Paddington NSW, 15 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 February 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Illness, Deniliquin, 6 February 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexandre and Marie Josephine Le Mescam, of Wangaratta, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Albury NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 5 January 1944, Corporal Le Mescam, a Fitter II Airframe, was admitted to Deniliquin General Hospital dangerously ill from an abdominal abscess following an operation for an acute appendicitis and he died on 6 January 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, 166/24/250