Leslie Thomas KENNERLY

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KENNERLY, Leslie Thomas

Service Number:	436854
Enlisted:	8 May 1943
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Dwellingup, Western Australia, Australia, 16 April 1925
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Warrant Officer - aircrew
Died:	Aircraft accident, Amberley aerodrome, Queensland, 19 February 1948, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 79 58
Memorials:	Lincoln Bomber Crash Amberley 1948

World War 2 Service

8 May 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 436854, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
8 May 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 436854
19 Feb 1948:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 436854

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

On the 19th of February 1948 Lincoln aircraft A73-11 of Number 12 Squadron (82 Wing) crashed on landing at Amberley aerodrome in Queensland killing all on board - 6 crew and 10 passengers -

WILLIAMS, Eric Ellis (Flight Lieutenant) 423963 DFC

WELSH, Frederick Leslie (Warrant Officer) 410769

KOBELKE, Norman Henry (Flight Lieutenant) 404343 DFC

GIBSON, Kenneth Alfred (Warrant Officer) 439649

KENNERLY, Leslie Thomas (Warrant Officer) 436854

WELFARE, Thomas Walter (Warrant Officer) 437239

TAGGART, William John (Flight Lieutenant) 413041 DFC

MULCAHY, Bryan Stanley (Flight Lieutenant) 428279 DFC

GARDNER, Walter Greenough (Flight Lieutenant) 405731 DFC

GIBB, John James (Flight Lieutenant) 428597

FRANKLIN, Mostyn Lloyd (Flight Lieutenant) 406214 DFM (21SQN)

RYANHART, Sydney John (Flight Lieutenant) 14941 (21SQN)

SMITH, Robert Bruce (Warrant Officer) 19667 (21SQN)

DESMOND, Michael James (Sergeant) 25292 (ESL)

BERNARD, Arthur Dudley (Corporal) 64045 (3AD)

WORLAND, Robert Arthur John (Leading Aircraftman) 170963 (3AD) (Q232680 WW2)

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