LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Ronald William Vere VANSTONE
Service No: 39108
Born: Prospect SA, 24 June 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 April 1941
Unit: No. 1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Werribee VIC, 27 February 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leonard William Phillip and Stella Vanstone, of North Croydon, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 27 February 1943, Aircraftman Class I Vanstone, a Turner, drowned when swimming in the Werribee River.
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, 166/42/9