LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Keith WAKEFIELD
Service No: 41806
Born: Richmond VIC, 27 February 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 July 1941
Unit: No. 1 Personnel Depot
Died: Illness, Victoria, 23 December 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Ann Wakefield; husband of Dorothy May Wakefield, of Kew
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 23 December 1944, Corporal Wakefield a Clerk General, died of an illness at No. 6 RAAF Hospital Heidelberg.
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, 1667/43/467