LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman William Charles McCANN
Service No: 56139
Born: Echuca VIC, 28 August 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 May 1942
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Ground Accident, Echuca VIC, 6 August 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Herbert and Rachel Fanny McCann; husband of Valma Merle McCann, of Middle Park, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Deniliquin NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 August 1943, Leading Aircraftman McCann, a Flight Rigger, and Leading Aircraftman William Ronald McKay (120605), a Flight Mechanic, were killed when a utility was returning to Deniliquin from a forced landing rescue, overturned at Echuca, Victoria. Others in the utility were injured.
Involved in the accident were:
Leading Aircraftman William Charles McCann (56139)
Leading Aircraftman Ronald Samuel Robert McGill (69199) Discharged from the RAAF: 21 January 1946
Leading Aircraftman William Ronald McKay (120605)
Aircraftman Class I Percy Alfred Mullard (72615) Discharged from the RAAF: 29 March 1946
Leading Aircraftman Lyall Kenneth Packham (47523) Discharged from the RAAF: 3 December 1945
Leading Aircraftman Raymond Leslie Phillips (419875) Discharged from the RAAF: 15 March 1946
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Clifford Sanfead (42680) (A31648) Discharged from the RAAF: 9 September 1976
Aircraftman Class I Francis James Stretton (119793) Discharged from the RAAF: 26 March 1946
Sergeant William Henry Ernest Tollis (9251) Discharged from the RAAF: 12 September 1946
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, 166/26/206