William David KELLER

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KELLER, William David

Service Number:	1636
Enlisted:	6 March 1939
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1917
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Officer
Died:	Aircraft accident, Lord Howe Island, 28 September 1948, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

6 Mar 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 1636, RAAF Point Cook
6 Mar 1939:	Enlisted 1636
8 Aug 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 1636, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 1636
Date unknown:	Discharged 1636

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Catalina Flying Boat A24-381 of Number 11 Squadron crashed on Lord Howe Island on the 28th of September 1948 with seven of the crew killed and two survivors

SMITH, Malcolm Donald (Flight Lieutenant) 403541

McCOY, James Baker (Flight Lieutenant) 439317

KELLER, William David (Flight Lieutenant) 1636

McKENZIE, Alex (Flight Lieutenant) 38188

BACON, Sidney Howard (Warrant Officer) 32007

SALIS, Donald Edward (Warrant Officer) 3982

PIERCY, Sydney Lionel (Sergeant) 415876

BRADLEY, Bert Raymond (Flight Lieutenant) 414301 (survived)

LEA, John Dean (Warrant Officer) 442553 (survived)

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