LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Charles Bernard OSHLACK
Service No: 56853
Born: Warsaw, Poland, 1 May 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 June 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 14 November 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Celia Oshlack, of Elwood
Roll of Honour: St Kilda VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Flight Sergeant Joe Oshlack (410560)
On 7 November 1943, Leading Aircraftman Oshlack was admitted to the No. 6 RAAF Hospital seriously ill with Colimyelitis and he died on 14 November 1943.
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, 166/31/119