East Finchley Cemetery and St. Marylebone Crematorium
Photo: Iain MacFarlane
Pilots Photo: Australian War Memorial P00048.133
Flying Officer John Michael CRONIN 407269
Born: Port Lincoln, South Australia
Enlisted: 17-8-1940
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 107 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (accidental) 2-5-1944 aged 26years
Son of John Joseph & Emma Agnes Cronin
Husband of Winifred Louise Cronin, of Flinders Park, South Australia.
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 120
Born: Port Lincoln, South Australia
Enlisted: 17-8-1940
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 107 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (accidental) 2-5-1944 aged 26years
Son of John Joseph & Emma Agnes Cronin
Husband of Winifred Louise Cronin, of Flinders Park, South Australia.
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 120
CANADA, C.1941. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GRADUATES OF THE EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME.
LEFT TO RIGHT: G.C. KEATS, W.W. EVANS, J.M. CRONIN. |
Location: Section P2, Grave 131
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Southern Cross (Adelaide, S.A.) 19-5-1944
Relatives and friends will mourn the loss of Flight-Lieut. John Michael Cronin, aged 26 years, who paid the supreme sacrifice of his service to God and his country when his Mosquito bomber crashed on Littleworth Commons, Buckinghamshire, on the night of May 2.
He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cronin, of George Street, Parkside, formerly of Wudinna, on the West Coast. He received his preparatory education at the Wudinna State School, afterwards attending C.B.C., Rostrevor, for a period of four years, during which time he gained the utmost respect of his fellow students and upheld in a meritorious manner the traditions of a fine college. Prior to his enlistment in the R.A.A.F., he was employed by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. He completed his training in Canada, and had almost completed three years' overseas service. Of a noble and manly character, strong-in Catholic faith and Christian virtues, John, by his very excellent personality and pleasant demeanor, gained; the love and admiration of everyone he came in contact with, both in Australia and abroad. He was married in England last July; his sorrowing young widow remains to mourn her great loss. To her, and his parents and his only brother, Vassie (A.I.F.), sympathy is here- extended in their great bereavement.
May God grant him eternal rest.
Relatives and friends will mourn the loss of Flight-Lieut. John Michael Cronin, aged 26 years, who paid the supreme sacrifice of his service to God and his country when his Mosquito bomber crashed on Littleworth Commons, Buckinghamshire, on the night of May 2.
He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cronin, of George Street, Parkside, formerly of Wudinna, on the West Coast. He received his preparatory education at the Wudinna State School, afterwards attending C.B.C., Rostrevor, for a period of four years, during which time he gained the utmost respect of his fellow students and upheld in a meritorious manner the traditions of a fine college. Prior to his enlistment in the R.A.A.F., he was employed by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. He completed his training in Canada, and had almost completed three years' overseas service. Of a noble and manly character, strong-in Catholic faith and Christian virtues, John, by his very excellent personality and pleasant demeanor, gained; the love and admiration of everyone he came in contact with, both in Australia and abroad. He was married in England last July; his sorrowing young widow remains to mourn her great loss. To her, and his parents and his only brother, Vassie (A.I.F.), sympathy is here- extended in their great bereavement.
May God grant him eternal rest.