Eric Louis BELTZ

BELTZ, Eric Louis

Service Number: 18764
Enlisted: 27 September 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: RAAF Ground Training Schools
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 23 May 1913
Home Town: Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Welder
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Geraldton, Western Australia, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 10 July 1941, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia
Plot A Row C Grave 11, Geraldton War Cemetery, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 18764
27 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18764, RAAF Ground Training Schools
27 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18764

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Incident is referred to on page 473 of book “RAAF Historical Record of Number 4 Service Flying Training School Geraldton WA” compiled by D.J. Brenkley)

BELTZ Eric Louis - (Leading Aircraftman); Service Number - 18764
A welder attached to the Workshop squadron at the RAAF Flying School Station east of Geraldton who died of burns sustained in the performance of his duty.