MATHEWS, Kenneth Robert Charles
| Service Number: | 407125 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 36 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Lockleys, South Australia, 26 August 1913 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (during Air Operations), Wewak, New Guinea, 20 May 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook District WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jun 1940: | Involvement 407125 | |
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| 22 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 22 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407125 | |
| 20 May 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407125, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Dakota A65-34 (VH-CUF) of 36 Squadron RAAF crashed while performing airdrop duties to Australian ground forces near But in Wewak, New Guinea
There were two survivors: Squadron Leader Lewis Keith Jackson 261723 RAAF and Private Joseph George Law TX13582 (T24441) of 2/160 Australian Supply Depot Platoon
Four of the crew and two soldiers were killed:
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Charles Mathews 407125 of 36 Squadron
Pilot Officer Donald Gordon Campbell 418718 of 36 Squadron
Corporal Arthur Edward Guy 142679 of 37 Operational Base Tadji
Corporal Keith Hardham 129265 of 37 Operational Base Tadji
Sergeant Harry Maurice Whaling NX18480 of 2/160 Australian Supply Depot Platoon
Private Edward John Collins VX50622 of 2/188 Australian Supply Depot Platoon
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