Paul John Wallace KEELY

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KEELY, Paul John Wallace

Service Number:	669
Enlisted:	8 January 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, 31 January 1915
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Off Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 15 August 1941, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 669
8 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 669, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of John Francis and Eileen Mary Keely of Frankston, Victoria

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-8 of Number 13 Squadron struck the ground during an air to ground gunnery exercise and crashed into the sea at Darwin, NT - all on board were killed. Flying Officer Murray Charles Davies 637 is commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial

The other three crewmen are buried in Adelaide River Cemetery -

Sergeant Maxwell Alexander Hipkins 400176

Flying Officer Paul Wallace Keely 669

Leading Aircraftman James Currie 8813

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