Francis Kenneth LEWIS

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Service Number:	17280
Enlisted:	8 July 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	RAAF Station Darwin
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 14 May 1916
Home Town:	Mount Hawthorn, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ground Battle, Coomallie Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 April 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT G.B.5. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, 17280
8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools
8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 17280
27 Apr 1942:	Involvement Corporal, RAAF Station Darwin, Station Headquarters Darwin

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Son of Walter Kenneth and Margaret Steele Lewis of Mount Hawthorn, WA

Four RAAF personnel were killed in an enemy air-raid on the Darwin aerodrome -

Sergeant Douglas Charles Ellis Upjohn 411267 of 13 Squadron

Sergeant John Brian Rohr 411263 of 13 Squadron

Sergeant Vincent Arthur Doran 2882 of Station Headquarters Darwin

Corporal Francis Kenneth Lewis 17280 of Station Headquarters Darwin

(details from book “The 13 Squadron Story” - Lewis is not mentioned by name, book quotes four personnel KIA in raid and names Upjohn, Rohr & Doran)