LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Wade McGILCHRIST
Service No: 44263
Born: Nambour QLD, 30 June 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 January 1942
Unit: No. 1 Repair and Servicing Unit, Manbulloo NT
Died: Ground Accident, Manbulloo, 19 December 1942, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Edith Sarah McGilchrist; husband of Ivy Linda McGilchrist, of Woombye, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Woombye QLD
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 December 1942, Leading Aircraftman McGilchrist, a Fitter Driver Motor Transport, died from an electric shock when using an electric drill to drill a hole in a stabilizer of a Ford motor vehicle.
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, 163/141/894