LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Cecil STOVELL
Service No: 404220
Born: London, England, 30 May 1908
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 456 Squadron
Died: Illness, Shropshire, 25 February 1943, Aged 34 Years
Buried: Donnington (St Cuthbert) Churchyard, Albrington, Shropshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles George and Rosetta Stovell
Roll of Honour: Rockhampton QLD
Remembered: Panel 106, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 February 1943, Warrant Officer Stovell, a Navigator Radio Operator, was admitted to Hospital at Cosford with an illness. He died of Nephrectomy Anaemia on 25 February 1943.
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, 166/38/80