LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Stanley WILSON-LANYON
Service No: 68486
Born: Cottesloe WA, 11 April 1902
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 3 School of Technical Training, Ultimo NSW
Died: Injuries, Sydney NSW, 2 October 1944, Aged 42 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Wilson-Lanyon; husband of Amy Florence Wilson-Lanyon, of North Sydney
Roll of Honour: North Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 September 1944, Corporal Wilson, a Service Policeman, was seriously injured in a struggle with an escaping prisoner and was admitted to No. 3 RAAF Hospital dangerously ill. He died on 2 October 1944.
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, 166/43/88