LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Lewis Thacker PERCIVAL
Service No: 78409
Born: Lismore NSW, 24 August 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 September 1942
Discharged from the RAAF 5 January 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 452 Squadron
Died: Illness, Brisbane QLD, 26 February 1946, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: on of Mr S R Percival of Northgate; husband of Maisie E. Percival of Mackay, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 January 1945, Leading Aircraftman Percival, a Cook, was discharged medically unfit from the RAAF. He died of an illness on 26 February 1946.
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 A9301, 78409