Kevin Leonard MCNAMARA

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MCNAMARA, Kevin Leonard

Service Number:	5439
Enlisted:	1 December 1939
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 16 February 1915
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 14 May 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT P.C.8., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 5439
1 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF)
1 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 5439

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Michael Patrick and Delia Alice McNamara

Husband of Nan Beryl McNamara of Kew, Victoria

Flight Sergeant Kevin Leonard McNamara 5439 of Number 18 Squadron and Sergeant Albert Grosvenor Brittain 8124 from the RAAF Canteen Services Unit were killed in a Motor Vehicle Accident on Middle Arm Road, Batchelor, NT

All other personnel involved survived with varying injuries: LAC Thomas Joseph Calnin 54768 / Warrant Officer Leslie Percival Keynes 5118 / Corporal Aquilla George Hird 3424

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