POWER, John Desmond
| Service Number: | 416230 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 32 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Romsey, Victoria, Australia, 28 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Off Queensland Coast, Australia, 23 May 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia A.A.7 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colonel Light Gardens St Therese Catholic Church - Stations of the Cross |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 416230 | |
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| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units | |
| 23 May 1942: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 416230, No. 32 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416230 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Lockheed Hudson A16-190 of 32SQN crashed into the sea off the Beverley Islands (part of the Northumberland Group) south-east of the city of Mackay while carrying out a convoy escort anti-submarine patrol for HMAS Swan - all crew were lost:
Pilot Officer John Desmond Power 416230 - Son of Francis and Mary Power of Reade Park, SA (body recovered by the crew of HMAS Swan, buried in Townsville War Cemetery)
Flying Officer Arthur Ernest Adams 692 - Son of Arthur George and Dora Emily Adams (body not recovered, he is memorialised on the Panel 5 of the Sydney Memorial)
Sergeant Brian Robert Bright 407841 - Son of Henry Garrood Bright and Mary Margaret Bright of Broken Hill, NSW (body not recovered, he is memorialised on the Panel 6 of the Sydney Memorial)
Sergeant Beverley Kilgour Chandler 21351 - Son of Wallace Dorman Chandler and Elizabeth Emily Chandler of Newcastle, NSW (body not recovered, he is memorialised on the Panel 6 of the Sydney Memorial)
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