LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Mervyn JOHNSON
Service No: 31986
Born: South Preston TAS, 17 June 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 July 1942
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 31 October 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Amby and Alice Victoria Johnson; husband of Phyllis Johnson, of King Island, Tasmania
Roll of Honour: King Island TAS
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 October 1942, Aircraftman Class I Johnson, a Trainee Group V, was admitted to No. 2 RAAF Hospital with post mumps and cross myelitis. He died in the Royal Alfred hospital on 31 October 1942.
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, 163/129/260