LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Emile Wilfred WEBB
Service No: 72177
Born: Newport, England, 14 May 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 November 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 9 Replenishing Centre, Adelaide River NT
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, near Darwin, 30 April 1944, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Wilfred and Elizabeth Alice Webb, of Sandgate, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Newcastle NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 29 April 1944, a number of RAAF members were involved in a motor vehicle accident at 38 mile on the north/south Darwin road, while in transit to a concert party.
The RAAF members injured in the accident were:
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Huntley Little (88113) (General Hand) Fatally injured: Died 29 April 1944
Leading Aircraftman Edward Sergeant (78382) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 27 February 1946
Corporal Arthur Stanislaus Timmins (69755) (Clerk Pay) Fatally injured: Died 29 April 1944
Leading Aircraftman Emile Wilfred Webb (72177) Fatally injured: Died: 30 April 1944
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/637
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line