LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Max Frederick KEARNS
Service No: 63459
Born: Brushgrove NSW, 15 December 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 March 1942
Unit: No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron, Darwin NT
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Darwin NT, 16 June 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick Charles and Vida Azella Kearns, of Maclean, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Maclean NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Maclean Cenotaph, Maclean NSW
On 15 June 1943, Leading Aircraftman Kearns, a General Hand, was dangerously injured when his legs were caught in the tracks of a bulldozer at Bachelor, Northern Territory and he died of his injuries the following day.
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, 166/22/79
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line