DUNN, John Norman George
Service Number: | 28046 |
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Enlisted: | 20 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | 5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt) |
Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 31 October 1907 |
Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), At sea, Torres Strait, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1944, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood, Wandearah East Broughton Plains Region War Memorial, Wandearah West Memorial and Flagpole |
World War 2 Service
20 May 1940: | Involvement 28046 | |
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20 May 1940: | Enlisted Port Pirie | |
20 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 28046 | |
22 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 28046, 5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Norseman aircraft A71-1 from 5 Communication Unit based at Garbutt crashed into the sea near Boigu Island in the Torres Strait
Flight Sergeant Frank Henry Rossiter 432268 / LAC Clifford David Searle 76295 / LAC John Norman George Dunn 28046 were killed - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Sydney Memorial
Corporal Victor Clifford Robinson 33134 / LAC Leslie James Hart 63374 / LAC David Roy Tomasetti 41715 all survived