Kenneth Henry BARNETT

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BARNETT, Kenneth Henry

Service Number:	427611
Enlisted:	11 August 1942, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 170 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 30 June 1924
Home Town:	Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Boys School, WA Postal Institute
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 29 December 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany 17.E.14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 427611
11 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427611, No. 170 Squadron (RAAF), Perth, WA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick Alfred and Evelyn Doris May Barnett, of Wembley, Western Australia.

Detailed for operations (Bombing) in Lancaster PD.206, and took off from Hemswell at 1506 hours on the 29th December, 1944.

Nothing further has been heard of this aircraft, and it is presumed missing over the target Gelsencirchen (Germany) at approximately 1845 hours on 29th December, 1944.

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