LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant George Arthur PYKE
Service No: 402022
Born: Sydney NSW, 1 July 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 April 1940
Unit: No. 250 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Illness, Palestine, 24 May 1941, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Goodman Joel Pyke and Lillian Melba Pyke, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Lismore NSW
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Sergeant Pyke, a Pilot, died of peritonitis on 24th May 1941.
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, 163/153/9
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002