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COWLING, Kenneth Roy
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 419605, V245587 |
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Enlisted: | 18 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale |
Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 11 November 1923 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Bass Strait, Australia, Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia, 23 September 1943, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.R.B.15 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Bendigo High School Honour Roll WW2, Kennington Methodist Church WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 419605 | |
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18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V245587 | |
9 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale | |
9 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 419605 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Roy and Muriel Cowling of Bendigo, Victoria
RAAF Oxford aircraft AS618 crashed off Deal Island in Bass Strait killing all crew onboard:
Flight Sergeant Joseph Docherty 411878
Sergeant Norman Stirling Graham 418504
Pilot Officer Kenneth Roy Cowling 419605
Sergeant Peter Albion Hendrickson 419937