LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Benson McKINNON
Service No: 36125
Born: Wollongong NSW, 5 April 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 April 1941
Unit: No. 6 Stores Depot, Dubbo NSW
Died: Drowned, Dubbo NSW, 22 January 1946, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Dubbo General Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Hugh Benson McKinnon and Elizabeth McKinnon, of Lidcombe
Roll of Honour: Rozelle NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 January 1946, Leading Aircraftman McKinnon, a Cook, drowned in the Macquarie River,
Dubbo, approximately three quarters of a mile west of the main barracks at No. 6 Stores Depot while being a member of a swimming party.
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, 166/26/1181