DAVEY, Kellems Richards
Service Number: | 141547 |
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Enlisted: | 9 November 1943, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale |
Born: | Mile End, South Australia, Australia , 27 February 1924 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Cowandilla School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Metal turner |
Died: | Aircraft accident, East Sale, Sale, Victoria, Australia, 23 February 1945, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Sale War Cemetery, Victoria Plot B, Row C, grave 10 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Seaspray War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 141547 | |
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9 Nov 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 141547, Adelaide, South Australia | |
23 Feb 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 141547, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Ventura A59-9 of Number 1 Operational Training Unit crashed near the East Sale RAAF base in Victoria with all on board killed:
DAVEY, Killems Richards (LAC) 141547
DRAKE, John Joseph (Sergeant) BEM 50354
LORD, John James (Warrant Officer) 409158
McKAY, Alan Murray (Sergeant) 409479
ROBINSON, William Charles Thomas (Flying Officer) 415551
ROSALKY, Marcus (Flight Sergeant) 72799