LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Lewis TRUNLEY
Service No: 403610
Born: Singleton NSW, 8 December 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941
Unit: No. 64 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 64 Squadron Spitfire aircraft BM294), Kent, 22 May 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Romley George and Marion Trunley; husband of Sybil Agnes Grace Trunley, of Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Ashfield NSW
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
Sergeant Trunley lost his life on 22 May 1942 when Spitfire BM294 crashed into the sea during flying practice and his body was recovered 200 metres offshore from the Dymchurch Coast Guard Station.
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, 163/168/138
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line