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BARNWELL, Kenneth James
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 20161 |
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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 |
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