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CORNELL, Johnathan Robert
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 437399, SX15844 |
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Enlisted: | 31 December 1941, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Adelaide, SA, 2 November 1922 |
Home Town: | Springfield, Mitcham, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 9 July 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Panel 6, Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 437399 | |
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31 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, SX15844 | |
31 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
29 Jan 1943: | Discharged | |
30 Jan 1943: | Involvement Flying Officer, 437399 | |
30 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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78 Squadron.
Plane was Kittyhawk A29-457
Rank - Flying Officer
Had Diploma in Agriculture at Roseworthy College
Son of Frederick William and Marjorie Douglas Cornell, of Springfield, South Australia