LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Ian Lloyd SELWAY
Service No: 154213
Born: Tranmere SA, 29 November 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 December 1944
Unit: No. 1 Recruit Depot, Shepparton VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Shepparton, 16 December 1944, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Shepparton War Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis John Herbert and Alice Clare Selway, of South Payneham, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 16 December 1944, Aircraftman Class I Selway, a Trainee Technician, drowned in Lake Victoria, Shepparton, while on unit stand down.
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, 166/37/657