John FORREST

FORREST, John

Service Number: 406754
Enlisted: 31 March 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Picton Junction, Western Australia, 9 July 1920
Home Town: Picton Junction, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 16 March 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
G.B.9. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 406754
31 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
31 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406754

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Ernest Forrester Forrest and Flora Evire Forrest of Picton Junction, WA

 

Sergeant John Forrest 406754 of Number 13 Squadron & Pilot Officer Thomas Orsmond Littlejohn 3552 from RAAF Headquarters North-West Area (Darwin) were KIA during a Japanese air-raid on Darwin