LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Darby Frederick SPENCER
Service No: 42687
Born: Horsham VIC, 9 December 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 August 1941
Discharged from the RAAF: 4 July 1943
Unit at Discharge: No. 34 Squadron
Died: Illness, Victoria, 1 October 1944, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Malcolm Morrison Spencer and Mary Delia Spencer, of Warrnambool
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 May 1943, Aircraftman Class I Spencer, an Electrical Fitter, was admitted to the RAAF Wing of the Royal Alfred, hospital seriously ill with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. He was discharged from the RAAF on 4 July 1943 and died of his illness on 1 October 1944.
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, 166/38/141