LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Donald Clarence WANT
Service No: 33191
Born: Maclean NSW, 3 February 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 August 1940
Unit: No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School, Narrandera NSW
Died: Drowned, Narrandera, 17 February 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: MacLean Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Clarence and Margaret Barbara Want, of Harwood Island, Clarence River
Roll of Honour: Harwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Narrandera Tiger Moth Memorial, Narrendera NSW
On 17 February 1942, Aircraftman Class I Want drowned in the Murrumbidgee River and his body was recovered on 19 February.
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, 53/1/874
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line