LYNCH, Kevin
| Service Number: | 414247 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, 3 September 1922 |
| Home Town: | Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bridge worker |
| Died: | Accidental (plane crash), Bargara Beach, Queensland, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 5 October 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414247, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414247 | |
| 5 Oct 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414247, No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg, Empire Air Training Scheme |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael and Margaret Lynch of Ingham, QLD
Plane was Avro Anson AX 656. It took off from Bundaberg for an instrument flying exercise which was expected to last for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Days later wreckage was up on Wreck Rock but could not be identified as belonging to AX656. A parachute back pad which was identified as being from the same unit but could not be positively as being from the AX 656 washed up at Moore Park
26 October 1942 - the Secretary of the Casualty wrote that a considerable amount out wreckage from the plane had washed up on shore between Bargara Beach and Baffle Creek and it was assumed the plane at crashed into the sea