LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 2 Max Reginald OAKLEY
Service No: 417402
Born: Horsham VIC, 22 September 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 April 1942 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Victor Harbour SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 16 May 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Claude St. Elmo Oakley and Gertrude Adeline Oakley, of Kingswood.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 15 May 1942 Aircraftman Class II Oakley, an Aircrew Trainee, was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Northfield seriously ill and he died on 16 May 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/148/122