Kevin Joseph AHERN

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Service Number:	401754
Enlisted:	29 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, 8 August 1920
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Saumalak, Dutch East Indies, Netherlands East Indies, 14 September 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - Panel 8, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour

29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 401754, Melbourne, Victoria
29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401754
14 Sep 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401754, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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Son of James and Mary Ahern; husband of Olive Jean Ahern of East St. Kilda, Victoria

Plane was a Hudson A16-172 lost near Saumalak