LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Cyril VARKER
Service No: 400242
Born: Dublin, Ireland, 10 July 1907
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 July 1940 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Air Observers School
Died: Illness, Cootamundra NSW, 27 October 1940, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Herbert George and Emma Louise Varker, of Melbourne
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 27 October 1940, Leading Aircraftman Varker, a Trainee Observer, died of Acute Pulmonary Oedema in Station Sick Quarters, Cootamundra.
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 A9301, 400242