William John (Bill) MCCUTCHEON

MCCUTCHEON, William John

Service Number: Q39029
Enlisted: 24 March 1941
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 28 March 1916
Home Town: Brigalow, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cane farmer
Died: Aircraft accident, Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia, 27 February 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Innisfail Cemetery, Qld
C. of E Plot. Sec. 9. Row 4. Grave 15
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Innisfail Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Q39029
24 Mar 1941: Enlisted
28 Nov 1941: Enlisted Q39029

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Captain McCutcheon Q39029 of the 51st Australian Infantry Battalion was a passenger on board Wirraway aircraft A20-462 of the School of Army Co-operation which crashed near Bungendore, NSW - the pilot was also killed: Pilot Officer Powell 405529 RAAF.

Details can be found in the (Powell's) Casualty Repatriation file:  here (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)