LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Milton Robert GUNNING
Service No: 36276
Born: Parkes NSW, 23 March 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 April 1941
Unit: No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Forrest Hill NSW
Died: Drowned, Nambucca Heads NSW, 19 November 1941, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Botany Cemetery, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: No additional information
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 November 1941, Aircraftman Class I Gunning, a Trainee Armourer, drowned in the surf at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales.
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, 163/119/23