LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Frank Gordon LILLECRAPP
Service No: 47304
Born: Orroroo SA, 25 July 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 December 1941
Unit: No. 12 Squadron, Merauke PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Merauke, 16 January 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Norman Spettigue Lillecrapp and Hilda Mary Lillecrapp, of Orroroo, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Orroroo SA
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 16 January 1944, Corporal Lillecrapp, a Wireless Maintenance Mechanic, was electrocuted when on duty.
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 Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/24/260