LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Robert Athol John McCREA
Service No: 402385
Born: Wagga Wagga NSW, 1 June 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 August 1940
Unit: No 2 Wireless School (RCAF)
Died: Illness, Alberta, 24 January 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery, Alberta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert McIntyre McCrea and Ethel Mary McCrea, of Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Junee NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Marrar District Soldiers Memorial 1939 -1945, Marrar NSW
On 17 January 1942, Leading Aircraftman McCrae, a trainee Wireless Air Gunner, was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. He died on 24 January 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, 163/141/443
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line