LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Cyril MITCHELL
Service No: 207670
Born: Hobart TAS, 12 December 1904
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 June 1937 (at RAAF Station Richmond NSW)
Unit: No. 2 Personnel Depot, Moore Park NSW
Died: Ground Accident, Sydney, 29 August 1945, Aged 40 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Husband of A. S. Mitchell, of Girraween
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 August 1945, Flight Sergeant Mitchell, an Equipment Assistant, was killed when struck by a train while crossing the line at the Everleigh Railway Yards, Sydney.
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, 166/271/989