LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Bruce Eric SIBBALD
Service No: 81102
Born: Perth WA, 23 June 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 June 1942
Unit: No. 5 School of Technical Training, Perth WA
Died: Illness, Perth WA, 1 August 1942, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Karrakatta War Cemetery WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Gerald and Mary Sibbald, of West Perth.
Roll of Honour: Perth WA
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
On 30 July 1942, Aircraftman Class I Sibbald, a Trainee Group V, was admitted to No. 110 Australian General Hospital, Hollywood, dangerously ill with a perforated peptic ulcer and died on the 1 August 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
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/162/415