Peter Edward ENRIGHT

Copy record for his air force records, cause of death.

Peter Edward ENRIGHT, Leading Aircraftsman, 29797, Royal Australian Air Force. Son of Jeremiah Joseph and Mary Margaret Enright, of Goomalling, Western Australia. He died of severe burns to his entire body on the 25th July 1943 aged 27 at 1.15 p.m. at 45 General Hospital, Malta. Two days prior he was helping to disenfect a small building which was to be used for operations room at Pachino Landing Ground, Sicily when the fire started accidentally he sustained severe burns. The method used was to poor petrol on the floor, brush it around and then set it alight, the petrol canister caught fire. At rest in grave 6 plot, P, Capuccini Naval Cemetery,