LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I John Alexander Wilson McNEIL
Service No: 58941
Born: Hotham Hill VIC, 11 July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 July 1942
Unit: No. 5 Recruit Depot
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 12 May 1943, Aged 41 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Grace McNeil; husband of Christina Young McNeil, of Pascoe Vale
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 12 May 1943, Aircraftman Class I McNeil, a Nursing Orderly, died of an illness at No. 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg.
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, 163/141/857