CRONIN, John Michael
| Service Number: | 407269 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 107 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Port Lincoln, SA, 6 January 1918 |
| Home Town: | Flinders Park, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wudinna State School, Rostrevor College |
| Occupation: | Goldsborough, Mort & Co. |
| Died: | Accidental, United Kingdom, 2 May 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
East Finchley Cemetery and St. Marylebone Crematorium Sec P2 Grave 131, East Finchley Cemetery and St Marylebone Crematorium, Barnet, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown and District WW2 Honour Roll, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Aug 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407269, No. 107 Squadron (RAF) | |
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| 17 Aug 1940: | Involvement Flying Officer, 407269 | |
| 17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407269 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Joseph and Emma Agnes Cronin; husband of Winifred Louise Cronin, of Flinders Park. South Australia.
Relatives and friends will mourn the loss of Flight-Lieut. John Michael Cronin, aged 26 years, who paid the supreme sacrifice of his service to God and his country when his Mosquito bomber crashed on Littleworth Commons, Buckinghamshire, on the night of May 2.
He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cronin, of George Street, Parkside, formerly of Wudinna, on the West Coast. H received his preparatory education at the Wudinna State School, afterwards attending C.B.C. Rostrevor, for a period of four years, during which time he gained the utmost respect of his fellow students and upheld in a meritorius manner the traditions of a fine college.
Prior to his enlistment in the R.A.A.F. he was employed by Goldsborough, Mort & Co. He completed his training in Canada, adn had almost completed three years' overseas service.
Of a noble and manly character, strong in Catholic faith and Christian virtues, John, by his very excellent personality and pleasant demeanor, gained the love and admiration of everyone he came in contact with, both in Australia and abroad.
He was married in England last July; his sorrowing young widow remains to mourn her great loss. To her and his parents and his only brother Vassie (A.I.F.), sympathy is here extended in their great bereavement.
May God grant him eternal rest.
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