Kenneth James FAWNS

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FAWNS, Kenneth James

Service Number:	A2822
Enlisted:	26 September 1944
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Station Darwin
Born:	Enfield, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1926
Home Town:	Nevertire, Warren Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Airman - RAAF
Died:	Vehicle accident, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 25 April 1951, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Darwin Garden's Road Cemetery Row 1207
Memorials:	Northern Territory Garden of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

26 Sep 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Station Darwin
26 Sep 1944:	Enlisted A2822
Date unknown:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, A2822

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Four RAAF airmen attended ANZAC day commemorations at Adelaide River in the Northern Territory on the 25th of April 1951 but on their return journey to Darwin their car and a truck collided on the highway with two airmen killed and the other two seriously injured:

FAWNS, Kenneth James (Leading Aircraftman) A2822 - killed outright

HUGHES, Alfred Stanley (Leading Aircraftman) A22625 - died in Darwin hospital

PITHERS, Kenneth Raymond (Leading Aircraftman) A22484 - injured

ROBERTSON, Charles Nicholas (Corporal) A112 - injured

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