LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Leonard Percy SCHROETER
Service No: 4412
Born: Winchelsea VIC, 11 February 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 June 1939
Unit: No. 2 Squadron, Daly Waters NT
Died: Illness, Daly Waters NT, 9 March 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry and Kate Schroeter; husband of Martha Isabel Schroeter, of Winchelsea, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Winchelsea VIC
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 9 March 1942, Flight Sergeant Schroeter, a Fitter Armourer, died following an operation. He had been admitted to hospital on the 8 March 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/160/176
Bibliography:
Bennett, J. (John William) Highest Traditions: the history of No. 2 Squadron RAAF, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992