BENNETT, Kenneth Jack
| Service Number: | 401409 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1917 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Aegean Sea, 3 January 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 401409 | |
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| 3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401409 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Kenneth Jack Bennett 401409 was killed when Marauder MK375 ["Dominion Revenge"] of 14 Squadron RAF crashed in the Aegean Sea - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial
The aircraft was reported missing after an attack on a German shipping convoy off Aghios Giorgios Island - probably shot down by an Me 110
A painting of this aircraft’s final action was made by Lord Deramore (Arthur de Yarburgh-Bateson, or Flight Sergeant Tony Bateson as he was known on the Squadron)
Crew killed: Ray, Dudley Thomas (Flight Sergeant) 403029 RNZAF / Hunt, Stanley (Sergeant) 1238830 RAF / Meadwell, Edward Arthur (Flight Sergeant) 1066549 RAF /
Foley-Brickley, James Ernest (Flying Officer) 126991 RAF