SCHELLER, Kenneth Arthur Bower
| Service Number: | 416792 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1941, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 8 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 1 February 1922 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Flinders Street Public School, Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
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World War 2 Service
| 11 Sep 1941: | Involvement Flying Officer, 416792 | |
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| 11 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 11 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416792, Adelaide, SA | |
| 24 Oct 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416792, No. 8 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs Arthur SCHELLER of 226 Hutt Street, Adelaide, SA. Educated at Flinders Street Public and Adelaide High Schools he gained his Intermediate Commerical Certificate with 2 credits. Fond of tennis, he also played cricket for Adelaide High Team (Firsts) and captained the Junior Football Team. Interested in story writing, poetry and play writing in civilian life he was employed by G & R Wills & Coy. for four years as a warehouseman. He left that position to join the RAAF in May 1941 and began training at Pearce WA and then at Mount Gambier and Port Pirie where he qualified as an observer. Transferred to Nhill Victoria and then St. Mark's North Adelaide.
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