Kenneth James BARNWELL

BARNWELL, Kenneth James

Service Number: 20161
Enlisted: 15 July 1940
Last Rank: Aircraftman 2 (WW2)
Last Unit: No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate
Born: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August 1913
Home Town: Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Accident, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Taabinga Lawn Cemetery, Kingaroy, Qld
Plot A Row A Grave 8, Taabinga Cemetery, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant John Campbell Lawrence 411150 & Aircraftman Kenneth James Barnwell 20161 were killed after their aircraft Wirraway A20-183 struck Wirraway A20-207 in mid-air when returning to formation after a bombing exercise.  Wirraway A20-183 crashed 5 miles north of Kingaroy, Queensland