LEST WE FORGET
Corporal John Donald HILL
Service No: 51549
Born: Kingsville VIC, 12 February 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 March 1942
Unit: No. 1 Squadron, Labuan
Died: Illness, Labuan, 20 October 1945, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Laura Mabel Hill, of Footscray, Victoria, Australia; husband of Ruby May Hill, of Kingsville, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 20 October 1945, Corporal Hill, an Armourer, died of a coronary occlusion on Labuan Island.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/17/1506