HERNAN, Keith Ronald
| Service Number: | 5561 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units |
| Born: | Benalla, Victoria, Australia , 14 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Benalla, Benalla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Benalla technical school, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Sydney New South Wales Australia , 18 April 1962, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Sect. M2 Row 17 Plot 3141 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 5561, RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units | |
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| 1 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 5561, RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Anthony Ralston
Keith Ronald was born on 14 November 1920 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia. To John and Elizabeth Hernan.He was educated at Benalla technical School where he learnt the trade of a mechanic and graduated. Ken worked in various workshops and garages in and around Winton Victoria Australia. Ken enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 18th December 1939. He went through the RAAF engineering school & completed and came away as flight mechanic he gained the rank of sergeant. He was shipped over seas to the Middle East on 2nd April 1942 he returned to Australia via Sydney on 28th November 1945. ken married Patricia Elizabeth Betts BYRNE in 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria. Australia. They had one child during their marriage. Ken died on 16 April 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales, at the age of 41, and was buried there.
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