GERDES, Kenneth Albert
| Service Number: | 410322 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 19 November 1921 |
| Home Town: | Frankston, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 6 December 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 410322 | |
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| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410322 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-86 of Number 31 Squadron crashed into the sea near the Peron Islands, NT while on a gunnery exercise.
Leading Aircraftman Keith Braybrook Henry 61691 survived the impact and was picked up by a rescue flying boat from Darwin but died from his injuries. He was buried at Adelaide River War Cemetery. Son of George Braybrook Henry and Mary Jane Henry of Woollahra, NSW
Commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT are:
Flying Officer Kenneth Albert Gerdes 410322 - Son of Albert Henry and Fanny Jane Gerdes of Frankston, Victoria
Flight Sergeant Andrew Kenneth McMillan 413320 - Son of Andrew Donald and Ivy McMillan of Bondi, NSW
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