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KLENNER, George Frederick
| Service Number: | 429813 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1942, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAAF) |
| Born: | Torrensville, SA, 2 July 1923 |
| Home Town: | Torrensville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Thebarton and Adelaide High Schools |
| Occupation: | Junior Clerk at General Motors Holdens. |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 12 August 1993, aged 70 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Native, Shrub Area F, Position 122 |
| Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Sep 1942: | Involvement Flying Officer, 429813 | |
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| 12 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 12 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 429813, Operational Training Units (RAAF), Adelaide, SA | |
| 5 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur George KLENNER, 74 Jervis Street, Torrensville, SA
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Klenner, of Jervoios street, Torrensville, have been advised that their son, FO George Frederick Klenner, has been awarded the DFC for operational missions over Germany. The citation states that in March one engine of the aircraft which he was piloting failed, but he showed outsanding courage and devotion to duty. Though he was losing height, he accomplished an extremely successful attack.
FO Klenner was educated ath the Thebarton and Adelaide High Schools and was employed by Geneal Motors-Holdens. He enlisted in 1942 and spent two years in England and is at present home on leave.