LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class II Alfred John LINFORD
Service No: 445642
Born: Newcastle NSW, 19 March 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 July 1944
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Illness, Melbourne, 4 January 1945, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert Henry and Hazel May Linford, of Dulwich Hill, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Marrickville NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 8 December 1944, Aircraftman Class II Linford, a Trainee Clerk/Medical Assistant, was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital suffering from Chronic Nephritis and assessed as dangerously ill. He died of Pericarditis and Nephritis at 0700 hours on the 4 January 1945.
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, 166/24/619