KAIN, Brian Joseph
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 February 1942, Kensington, SA |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Mannum, South Australia, 7 January 1924 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich, Burnside, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers' College Mount Gambier, Rostrevor College |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, 30 August 1945, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 9 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Kensington, SA | |
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| 11 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Coleman and Rosalia Kain
Husband of Pauline Beatrice Clarissa Kain of Dulwich, South Australia
Nine Catalina aircraft from Number 3 Operational Training Unit departed Rathmines for Darwin on the 28th of August 1945 to take part in an operation to recover POWs that had been liberated from former Japanese held territories.
Aircraft A24-1 was destroyed on take-off from Darwin on the 30th of August 1945 - no casualties were incurred.
Flight Sergeant Kain 442516 was the 2nd pilot of Catalina aircraft A24-46 - on the night 30 August 1945 he fell off the wing of the aircraft into Darwin Harbour and drowned. His body was not recovered.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Coleman and Rosalia Kain
Husband of Pauline Beatrice Clarissa Kain of Dulwich, South Australia
Nine Catalina aircraft from Number 3 Operational Training Unit departed Rathmines for Darwin on the 28th of August 1945 to take part in an operation to recover POWs that had been liberated from former Japanese held territories.
Aircraft A24-1 was destroyed on take-off from Darwin on the 30th of August 1945 - no casualties were incurred.
Flight Sergeant Kain 442516 was the 2nd pilot of Catalina aircraft A24-46 - on the night 30 August 1945 he fell off the wing of the aircraft into Darwin Harbour and drowned. His body was not recovered.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Flier Believed
Drowned
Mrs. P. B. Kain, of Dequetteville terrace, Kent Town has been notified that her husband Flight Sgt. Kain. Flight Sergeant Brian Joseph Kain, is missing, and believed to have lost his life by drowning off Darwin last Thursday.
He was co-pilot of a R.A.A.F. Catalina-one of the nine aircraft staging between Australia and Singapore. The younger son of Chief Traffic Inspector and Mrs. Coleman Kain of Greenhill road, Tusmore. Flight Sergeant Kain was 21. He was educated at Marist Brothers' College, Mount Gambier and Christian Brothers and Rostrevor Colleges Adelaide.
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