LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Reginald Lindsay LOWDER
Service No: 132444
Born: Marrickville NSW, 1 December 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 March 1943
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, North Terrace, Adelaide SA
Died: Ground Accident, Thebarton SA, 9 July 1943, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery SA
CWGC Additional Information:
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 9 July 1943, Aircraftman Class I Lowder, a Trainee Technician, died of injuries received when walking on the dark on Port Road, Thebarton, when he was overtaken and struck by a motor car.
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, 166/25/53