Edmund James Kiely AHERN

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AHERN, Edmund James Kiely

Service Number:	404758
Enlisted:	8 November 1940, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head
Born:	Selwyn, Queensland, Australia, 24 June 1918
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Kedron State School, Brisbane Grammar School, Teacher's Training College, State Commercial High School Brisbane
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row C Grave 7, Evans Head War Cemetery, Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Knockrow RAAF Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 404758
8 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 404758, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Brisbane, Qld.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas Joseph and Jean Ahern, of Mitchelton, Queensland.

Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Anson A4-20; Place - Ballina, New South Wales; Date - 22 May 1944.
Crashed At Knockrow Post Office on the Pacific Highway 10 Miles North of Ballina, NSW During A Training Flight.
Edmund was one of four RAAF members who lost their lives on a flight from Brisbane to Evans Head, when their plane crashed near Knockrow.
The crew members of A4-20 were:

Warrant Officer Edmund James Kiely Ahern (404758) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Gordon Hill (434747) (Student Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Allen Shackell (270755) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Trevor Llewellyn Woodgate (405283) (Navigator Instructor)

Their memorial is located at Martins Lane & the Pacific Highway Knockrow.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Avro Anson A4-20 from Number 1 Air Observers School crashed near Ballina in NSW killing Warrant Officer Ahern 404758 / Sergeant Hill 434747 / Flight Lieutenant Shackell 270755 / Flying Officer Woodgate 405283

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