KIERATH, Reginald Victor
| Service Number: | 402364 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1915 |
| Home Town: | Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Executed by the Gestapo (Great Escape), Poland, 29 March 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery 8 D 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brisbane 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour, Melbourne Bank of Australasia 'In Remembrance' Honour Roll WW2, Narromine War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402364, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 402364, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 29 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 402364, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Flight Lieutenant Kierath, Service Number 402364, served with 450 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force.
He was Mentioned in Despatches.
He was 29 and the son of William and Ada Elise Kierath, of Narromine, New South Wales, Australia.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
FLTLT Kierath was shot down by anti-aircraft fire in Kittyhawk FR477 of 450SQN RAAF while attacking naval targets in the Cape Bon region of Tunisia on 23 April 1943 and became a PoW
He was one of the three RAAF members that were executed following their participation in the "Great Escape" and their subsequent recapture by German forces - Warrant Officer Albert Horace Hake 403218 / Flight Lieutenant Reginald Victor Kierath 402364 / Squadron Leader James Catanach DFC 400364
His brother - Captain Gregory Robert Kierath NX12509 AIF - was killed in 1941 at Tobruk
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