McInerney, John Cranston, 1916-1953.

Dates:
Birth 1916
Death 1953

Biographical notes:

John Cranston McInerney was born in 1916, grew up on the land near Koorawatha and Cowra, NSW, and went to school at St Patrick's College, Goulburn. He graduated from Sydney University Medical School in 1941, enlisted in the Australian army in September that year, serving as a Medical Officer ranked as Lieutenant in the 2nd 14th Light Field Ambulance in New Guinea and then as Captain in the 2nd 2nd Commando Squadron. He went back to New Guinea after the war, learnt to fly and became District Medical Officer at Wewak. He died after his Auster aircraft crashed into the sea at Vanimo, March 1953.

From the description of New Guinea journal transcript [microform]. Sept. 1943-Apr. 1947. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224454322

Doctor. John McInerney served in New Guinea during the war. After the war he returned to New Guinea to become District Medical Officer at Wewak. He died when his Auster crashed into the sea at Vanimo, in March 1953.

From the description of John McInerney's journal [manuscript]. 195?. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223485072

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Subjects:

  • Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people)
  • Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people)
  • Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people)
  • Medical personnel
  • Medical personnel
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Doctors

Places:

  • Medical personnel--Papua New Guinea--Wewak District (as recorded)
  • Australia (as recorded)
  • Papua New Guinea (as recorded)
  • Papua New Guinea (as recorded)
  • Papua New Guinea--Australian (as recorded)