LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Kenneth George WINGFIELD
Service No: 158254
Born: Elsternwick VIC, 1 October 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 November 1944
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, North Terrace, Adelaide SA
Died: Tuberculosis, Heidelberg VIC, 22 May 1945, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Marjorie Sampson Wingfield, of East Brighton
Roll of Honour: Brighton VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 12 April 1945, Aircraftman Class I Wingfield, a Trainee Technician, was admitted to No. 7 RAAF Hospital, Adelaide, seriously ill with Tuberculosis. He was transferred to No. 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, on 14 April 1945 and died on the 22 May 1945.
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, 166/43/1252