LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Essery KING
Service No: 416394
Born: Norwood SA, 3 November 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 May 1941
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School, Point Cook VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Service Flying Training School Oxford BF887), Point Cook, 11 May 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold John and Evelyn King; husband of Thelma Doreen King, of Kensington, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 7, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
At 1430 hours on 11 May 1942, Oxford BF887 crashed into Port Phillip Bay 3 kms south west of Point Cook and all three crew members were killed. Those crew members were:
Leading Aircraftman Daniel Joseph Francis Ganley (409536) (Trainee Pilot)
Pilot Officer Harold Keith Wishart Jolly (401381) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman John Essery King (416394) (Trainee Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 239