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BENNETT, Kenneth Edwin Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 424117 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 463 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia , 15 April 1922 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Draughtsman, ACI Engineering Pty. Ltd, Waterloo, NSW |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 December 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Le Gros-Theil Communal Cemetery, Le Gros-Theil, Haute-Normandie, France Coll. grave. |
| Memorials: | Annandale St Aiden's Church BENNETT Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 424117, Aircrew Training Units | |
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| 15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 424117 | |
| 18 Dec 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 424117, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Pilot of Lancaster LL847 JO-D No.463 squadron lost on its 11th operation 17/18 December 1944 over le Gros-Theil France |
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