Kenneth Maxwell SHEPLEY

Kenneth Maxwell SHEPLEY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

SHEPLEY, Kenneth Maxwell

Service Number:	407458
Enlisted:	12 October 1940, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
Born:	Kadina, South Australia, Australia , 20 October 1913
Home Town:	Toorak Gardens, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Kadina Primary School, St. Peters College
Occupation:	Traveller, Clerical Worker
Died:	Accidental, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 16 January 1944, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood

World War 2 Service

12 Oct 1940:	Involvement Flying Officer, 407458
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407458, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale, Adelaide, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement

Help us honour Kenneth Maxwell Shepley's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Leslie Herbert Hamilton Shepley and Susan Shepley, of Toorak Gardens, South Australia.

Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Shepley, of Portrush road, Toorak Gardens, have been informed that their elder son, FO Kenneth Maxwell Shepley, is missing believed to have lost his life as a result of air operations on January 15. FO Shepley, who enlisted in the Air Force in May, 1940, took part in operations in Singapore, Java, and New Guinea. At the time of his enlistment he was in the employ of H. V. McKay Massey Harris Ltd. He was engaged to Sister Jean Rayner of the RAAF. His only brother, Don, after serving three years in the Middle East and New Guinea with the AIF, is a pilot trainee in the RAAF, Canada.

Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Shepley of Portrush road Toorak Gardens, have been notified that their elder, son. FO Kenneth Maxwell Shepley. who was reported missing in air operations on January 15. is now presumed to have lost his life, on that date. PO Shepley was educated at the Kadina Primary School and St. Peters College. He enlisted in May. 1940. and took part in operations in Singapore, Java, and New Guinea.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia