LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Frank MEARS
Service No: 82619
Born: London, England, 28 February 1907
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 December 1942 (at Perth WA)
Unit: No. 6 Transport and Movements Office
Died: Illness, Turramurra NSW, 10 January 1946, Aged 38 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Frederick and Fanny Eleanor Mears; husband of Jean Wallace Mears, of Cremorne
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 10 January 1946, Leading Aircraftman Mears, a Fitter Motor Body Builder, died of an illness at the Lady Davidson Home at Turramurra.
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, 166/27/1211