LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Howarth REDMAN
Service No: 118580
Born: Newchurch, England, 8 April 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 September 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 30 April 1945, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph Ewart Redman and Clara Redman; husband of Dorothy Emily Redman, of Glen Iris
Roll of Honour: Caulfield VIC
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 April 1945, Leading Aircraftman Redman, Fitter II Engines, was admitted to the No. 2 RAAF Hospital dangerously ill with meningitis and he died on 30 April 1945.
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, 166/35/529