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MCDONALD, Kenneth Stewart
Personal Details
Service Number: | 400351 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1912 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Prisoner of War, At sea (Nino Bixio), Mediterranean Sea, 17 August 1942, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Col 266, |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Melbourne Bank of Australasia 'In Remembrance' Honour Roll WW2, Port Fairy St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honor WW2, Port Fairy War Memorial, Port Fairy War Memorial (New) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 400351 | |
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18 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400351 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Kenneth's father died in 1915 aged only 32 (Vic. reg. 14843). Kenneth had two older brothers, who both served in WWII. Their widowed mother Helene remarried in 1921 to Leonard WIBLIN (Vic. reg. 12068) and had two children. Kenneth's stepbrother Geoffrey served in the RAAF and was killed in air operations in 1944.