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COLE, Kenneth Ian

Service Number:	417806
Enlisted:	10 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1 September 1923
Home Town:	Tusmore, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 12 September 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Plot 8, Row E, Grave 1
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide Savings Bank of South Australia Honour Roll WW2, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

10 Jan 1942:	Involvement Flying Officer, 417806
10 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 417806
10 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
21 Apr 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
13 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 417806, No. 100 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
26 Jul 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 100 Squadron (RAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Kenneth Cole and Helena Ursula Cuthbert (nee Park) Cole