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STEWART, Kevin Ellsmore
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 400571 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 25 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Tobruk, 23 May 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 400571 | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400571 | |
| 23 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400571, Libya/North Africa, F/Sgt Stewart was acting as Wireless/Air Gunner aboard Baltimore AG717 when the group of 4 bombers were attacked en-route to a bombing a German airfield in Libya. With no fighter escort the aircraft all sustained substantial damage but were able to escape. It is unknown whether he was killed during this action or as a result of the failed landing in which the aircraft crashed and caught fire at 1225 hours on 23rd May 1942 at Tobruk, Libya. Also killed RAF Sgt H C Hogsfield, (Pilot) RAAF 407700 Flt Sgt W J Taylor, (Observer) |
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