LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Cleve Western MONK
Service No: 164477
Born: Mosman NSW, 18 April 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 July 1944
Unit: No. 7 Aircraft Depot
Died: Ground Incident, Tocumwal NSW, 4 December 1945, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Tocumwa1 General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Henry and Alice Irene Monk; husband of Chrissie Monk, of Wollstonecraft
Roll of Honour: North Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Knox Grammar School Old Boys’ War Memorial, Wahroonga NSW
On 4 December 1945, Aircraftman Class I Monk died from being wounded with a service rifle when he was climbing through the fence at 1840 hours at the Tocumwal airfield. He failed to stop when ordered to do so by a guard.
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, 166/28/765
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line