AHERN, Edmund James Kiely
| Service Number: | 404758 |
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| 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, Spring Hill Brisbane Grammar School WW2 Great Hall Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 404758 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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