Kenneth Thomas LARKIN

LARKIN, Kenneth Thomas

Service Number: 47891
Enlisted: 31 March 1942
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 10 December 1923
Home Town: Flinders Park, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Apprentice Fitter & Turner
Died: Died of Illness (Meningococial septicaemia), Ascot Vale, Victoria, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1942, aged 18 years
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia
Parents Grave - Section: RC Western Ground; Row: F; Site: 228, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders Park Staff of the South Australian Gas Company Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

31 Mar 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 47891, Adelaide, South Australia
31 Mar 1942: Enlisted 47891
24 May 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 47891, No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Rootsweb ID: I567619 Birth Record: 10 December 1923 in North Adelaide, South Australia
(SA Births 1907 - 1928. Book : 126A Page : 217 District : Ade.)

Father Cecil Edward LARKIN and Mother Eileen May Larkin (nee MORRIS),
living at 202 Grange Road, Flinders Park, SA.

31/3/1942     enlisted at Flinders Park, SA
                    place of enlisting, Adelaide, SA

***service record needs to be ordered through National Archives of Australia ***

Aircraftman 1 in 1 ENGINEERING SCHOOL

His name is commemorated on Panel 117 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.

23/5/1942     fell sick, whilst in service, of Meningococial Septicaemia

24/5/1942     died of Meningococial Septicaemia at RAAF Hospital, Ascot Vale, Victoria

Buried in:      West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA - with his parents
                    Section: Catholic Western Ground; Row #: F; Site #: 228.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  28/6/2016.   Lest we forget.

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