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SPEDDING, Keith Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 412205 |
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Enlisted: | 22 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 September 1922 |
Home Town: | Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia, 1 April 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT R.D.2., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Maryborough Staff Pilots No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School RAAF Honour Board |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 412205 | |
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22 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units | |
22 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412205, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) | |
1 Apr 1943: | Involvement Sergeant, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John Edward and Susan Alice Spedding of Grenfell, NSW
Sergeant Keith Edward Spedding 412205 & Sergeant William Samuel Walker 405946 were killed in the loss of Wirraway A20-535 which crashed 25 miles south of Adelaide River, NT