2 RAAF losses, Australia, 28 and 29/05/1940: illness

[Bart FM Droog]

Hello all,

This can be a coincidence:

Aircraftman 1st Class Francis A. Kealy, RAAF 5344, [1 Recruit Depot Laverton], age 20, 28/05/1940, Cheltenham New General Cemetery, Australia
Place of Death: Caulfield. Cause of Death: Illness

Flight Sergeant Richard C. Davenport, RAAF 606, [21 Sqn], age 37, 29/05/1940, Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Australia
Place of Death: Caulfield. Cause of Death: Illness

Or was there some sort of epidemic in Caulfield?

Regards,

Bart

[Ken MacLean]

Bart,

Neither man's service record has been digitized yet, so no score there. If the 'Caulfield' you refer to is the Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne I don't think it unusual that people would be dying there :)

[Bart FM Droog]

Hello Ken,

Thanks - if the 'Caulfield' I stumbled upon is indeed the 'Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne' the dying there would be quite 'normal'. It could also explain the death of this man:

Aircraftman 1st Class Roy R. Hopkin, RAAF 15371, [1 Engineering School Ascot Vale], age 28, 26/06/1940, Botany General Cemetery, Australia
Place of Death: Melbourne. Cause of Death: Illness

regards,

Bart