LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant John Ottwell Rowse WORRALL
Service No: 416054
Born: Moonta Mines SA, 21 September 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 March 1941
Unit: No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Mallala SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 21 October 1942, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Moonta Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sydney and Ethel Amy Worrall; husband of Hazel Miriam Worrall, of Moonta
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 17 October 1942, Sergeant Worrall, an Observer, was admitted to RAAF Wing, Royal Adelaide hospital, seriously ill with Lymphosarcoma. He died of his illness on 21 October 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/179/228