The grave of 400807 Sergeant John Maxwell Knight from Kyneton, Victoria who died in an aircraft ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number SUK11080
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made United Kingdom: England, Cumbria, Carlisle
Date made 18 May 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The grave of 400807 Sergeant John Maxwell Knight from Kyneton, Victoria who died in an aircraft accident while on an operational training flight over Scotland on 13 May 1942 and was buried at Dalston Road Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK. He was serving with 59 Operational Training Unit at Crosby-on-Eden, 9.3km north east of Carlisle and died aged 21, five days short of his 22nd birthday.