LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Vincent George WILSON
Service No: 8497
Born: New Norfolk TAS, 27 December 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 January 1940 (at RAAF Station Laverton VIC)
Discharged from the RAAF: 30 June 1941
Unit at Discharge: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Tasmania, 22 October 1945, Aged 25 Years
Buried: New Norfolk General Cemetery TAS
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Peter John and Alice Esther Wilson, of New Norfolk; husband of Grace Florence Wilson, of New Norfolk
Roll of Honour: New Norfolk TAS
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 June 1941, Leading Aircraftman Wilson was discharged from the RAAF as medically unfit suffering from tuberculosis.
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, 8497