LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Maxwell Leonard ROLFE
Service No: 439520
Born: Inverell NSW, 18 May 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 July 1943
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Illness, Concord NSW, 21 September 1946, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis Lawrence and Olga Nita Rolfe, of Inverell
Roll of Honour: Inverell NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 31 January 1946, Leading Aircraftman Rolfe, a trainee technician, was admitted to No. 3 RAAF Hospital seriously ill with Subacute Nephritis and Pneumonia. He was assessed dangerously ill on 22 June 1946 and died of his illness on 21 September 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 A705, 166/36/746