LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Lionel Robinson WHITEHEAD
Service No: 43833
Born: Yea VIC, 10 November 1902
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 October 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: Station Headquarters, Maryborough QLD
Died: Illness, Brisbane QLD, 4 July 1942, Aged 39 Years
Cremated: Mt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph Lionel and Daisy Elizabeth Whittle Whitehead; husband of Marion Helen Whitehead, of Hendra
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 July 1942, Corporal Whitehead, a Service Policeman, died of an illness at the Wattlebrae Infectious Diseases Hospital, Brisbane.
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, 163/178/356
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line