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DU RIEU, Kenneth Percival
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 117057 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 May 1941, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | RAF Station (Kallang) |
| Born: | Goodwood, South Australia, 20 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich, Burnside, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Natural causes, Daw Park Repat Hospital, South Australia, 27 January 1980, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Norwood Baptist Church WW1 Honour Rolls |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant |
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World War 2 Service
| 21 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 117057, Victoria | |
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| 21 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 117057 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 117057, RAF Station (Kallang), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
Marriage
Kenneth married Zannie HANNAFORD (1894 - 1976) on 7 October 1925 in the Cudlee Creek Methodist Church, South Australia and they had 2 children.
Submitted 15 September 2015 by Leonard Binks
Biography
"...Pilot Officer Kenneth Percival Du Rieu RAF of RAF HQ Singapore. PO Du Rieu served as a Depot Lieutenant during the First World War. He was too old to join the RAAF so joined the RAF VR as a member of the Volunteer Reserve. He served initially in Kuala Lumpur then Singapore before he was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Java, where he spent the remainder of the war." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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