Any further information would be appreciated. Need assistance on Who/Where/What/How for this man who is on the Australian Commemorative Roll which is for those "Australians" who died in other Allied Services. If proved not to be "Australian" their names will not be removed from the Commemorative Roll however their details will be updated accordingly. I have researched the Air Force members but there are many more Land and Sea deaths in a myriad of different forces. There is not a lot of information on these people that can be accessed easily and I ask your assistance to fill in at least some of the gaps. Hopefully some relatives may see this thread and add more. I will make a different thread for each along the way as they may tend to get lost if clumped together. [FONT="]Commemorative Roll - William James McKinnon [/FONT] [FONT="]Rank:[/FONT][FONT="] 3rd Cook[/FONT] [FONT="]Unit:[/FONT][FONT="] Australian Hospital Ship Centaur[/FONT] [FONT="]Service:[/FONT][FONT="] Merchant Navy[/FONT] [FONT="]Conflict:[/FONT][FONT="] 1939-1945[/FONT] [FONT="]Date of death:[/FONT][FONT="] 14 May 1943[/FONT] [FONT="]Place of death:[/FONT][FONT="] At sea, off Brisbane, Queensland[/FONT] [FONT="]Cause of death:[/FONT][FONT="] Killed in action[/FONT] [FONT="]Cemetery or memorial details:[/FONT][FONT="] Sydney Memorial, Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] Service Record Name MCKINNON, WILLIAM JAMES Service Merchant Navy Service Number Not Applicable Year of Birth 1919 Place of Birth MELBOURNE Date of Engagement 4 May 1942 Locality on Engagement RESERVOIR Place of Engagement MELBOURNE Next of Kin MCKINNON, WILLIAM Date of Death 14 May 1943 Capacity 3 COOK Last Ship HMAHS CENTAUR WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No Roll of Honour Unknown [FONT="]In Memory of[/FONT] [FONT="]William James McKinnon[/FONT] [FONT="]Cook[/FONT] [FONT="]H.M.A.H.S. Centaur, Australian Merchant Navy[/FONT] [FONT="]who died on 14 May 1943 Age 24[/FONT] [FONT="]Son of William James McKinnon and Mary Elizabeth McKinnon, of Reservoir, Victoria.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT] [FONT="]Remembered with Honour[/FONT] [FONT="]Sydney Memorial [/FONT][FONT="]The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) [/FONT] [FONT="]Saturday 29 May 1943[/FONT] MCKINNON - Mr and Mrs McKINNON and Daughter wish to THANK all kind relatives and friends, employees of Thos Davies, Collingwood Harriers and organizations that Bill was associated with, for their telegrams, letters, cards, personal calls and mentions of kindness during their recent sad bereavement. Special thanks to neighbours for their kindness. Will all please accept this as a personal expression of their sincere gratitude. 25 Howard Street Reservoir.
The DAS Register although noting his name lost from CENTAUR has his Nationality and Last Place of Abode as blank. Regards Hugh
