LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Robert Harold WHITTAKER
Service No: 23538
Born: Burnley, England, 24 September 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit at Discharge: No. 5 Squadron
Discharged from the RAAF: 13 February 1946
Died: Illness, Brisbane QLD, 4 March 1946, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold and Ruth Whittaker, of Toombul
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 February 1946, Leading Aircraftman Whittaker, a Fitter II Airframe, was discharged from the RAAF and he died of an illness on the 4 March 1946.
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, 23538