John Alexander Falkiner (1918–1942)
from Jerilderie Herald
Friends of the family throughout Riverina will join in sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Falkiner, of Boonoke North, at the sad news received at the latter end of last week, that their son, Pilot-Officer John Falkiner, 24, had been reported killed during a training exercise on Tuesday week last.
The late Pilot-Officer Falkiner was educated at Geelong Grammar School and Melbourne University where he studied history. Before he enlisted in the R.A.A.F., some two years' ago he was on his father's property, Boonoke North. He trained in Australia and Canada, and later in England as a member of a Wellington crew. He had had a distinguished flying career and several times had been mentioned in the news in connection with air operations over Germany and occupied France.
P/O. Falkiner is the second of several members of the well-known Falkiner family of pastoralists who are in the fighting forces to lose his life in action against the enemy. His cousin, Leigh, a son of Mr. Leigh S. Falkiner, who joined the R.A.F., was killed in England several months ago.
Original publication
Other Obituaries for John Alexander Falkiner
- Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW), 29 September 1942, p 4
- Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW), 26 September 1942, p 2
Additional Resources
- World War II service record, item B4747, FALKINER/John Alexander, National Archives of Australia
- memorial service, Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW), 7 October 1942, p 2
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Falkiner, Una Caroline (mother)
- Falkiner, Otway Rothwell (father)
- Steer, Lawre Rothwell (sister)
- Falkiner, Otway McLaurin (half-brother)
- Grant, Caroline Lilian (aunt)
- Backhouse, Marian (aunt)
- McDonald, Rebecca Sadleir (aunt)
- Nixon, Eva Wales (aunt)
- Carse, Alice Metford (aunt)
- Knight, Emilie Adelaide (aunt)
- McBean, Louisa Fraser (aunt)
- Falconer, Anna Wales (aunt)
- Wilkinson, Ethel Beatrice (aunt)
- Le Souef, William Henry (uncle)
- Falkiner, Franc Brereton (uncle)
- Le Souef, Ernest Albert (uncle)
- Falkiner, Norman Fraser (uncle)
- Le Souef, John Leslie (uncle)
- Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne (uncle)
- Falkiner, Ralph Sadleir (uncle)
- Le Souef, Lancelot Ivan (uncle)
- Falkiner, Leigh Sadleir (uncle)
- Falkiner, Elizabeth Ethel (aunt by marriage)
- Falkiner, Clare Emily (aunt by marriage)
- Falkiner, Mary Louisa (aunt by marriage)
- Falkiner, Doris (aunt by marriage)
- Falkiner, Beatrice Lyle (aunt by marriage)
- McDonald, John (uncle by marriage)
- Backhouse, Arthur Burder (uncle by marriage)
- Carse, Samuel Henry (uncle by marriage)
- Wilkinson, Henry Lane (uncle by marriage)
- Knight, Frederick Arthur (uncle by marriage)
- Le Souef, Caroline (grandmother)
- Falkiner, Emily Elizabeth (grandmother)
- Le Souef, Albert Alexander (grandfather)
- Falkiner, Franc Sadleir (grandfather)
- Backhouse, Albert Arthur (cousin)
- Backhouse, Marion Eva (cousin)
- Carse, John Robertson Falkiner (cousin)
- Carse, Franc Samuel (cousin)
- Backhouse, Arthur Benjamin (cousin)
- McDonald, Marjorie Mellis (cousin)
- O'Brien, Emilie Cleve (cousin)
- Sampson, Ida Cleve (cousin)
- Gibbs, Margaret Falkiner (cousin)
- Knight, Frederick Falkiner (cousin)
- Blakeney, Mary Alice (cousin)
- Falkiner, George Brereton (cousin)
- Falkiner, Beatrice Ann (cousin)
- Palanpur, Joan Alice (cousin)
- Falkiner, Leigh Brereton (cousin)
Citation details
'Falkiner, John Alexander (1918–1942)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/falkiner-john-alexander-19619/text43312, accessed 6 October 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
6 July,
1918
Caulfield, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
22 September,
1942
(aged 24)
Catterton,
North Yorkshire,
England
Cause of Death
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