LARKIN, Kenneth Thomas
Service Number: | 47891 |
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Enlisted: | 31 March 1942 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 10 December 1923 |
Home Town: | Flinders Park, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Apprentice Fitter & Turner |
Died: | Died of Illness (Meningococial septicaemia), Ascot Vale, Victoria, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1942, aged 18 years |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Parents Grave - Section: RC Western Ground; Row: F; Site: 228, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders Park Staff of the South Australian Gas Company Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
31 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 47891, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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31 Mar 1942: | Enlisted 47891 | |
24 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 47891, No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Rootsweb ID: I567619 Birth Record: 10 December 1923 in North Adelaide, South Australia
(SA Births 1907 - 1928. Book : 126A Page : 217 District : Ade.)
Father Cecil Edward LARKIN and Mother Eileen May Larkin (nee MORRIS),
living at 202 Grange Road, Flinders Park, SA.
31/3/1942 enlisted at Flinders Park, SA
place of enlisting, Adelaide, SA
***service record needs to be ordered through National Archives of Australia ***
Aircraftman 1 in 1 ENGINEERING SCHOOL
His name is commemorated on Panel 117 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.
23/5/1942 fell sick, whilst in service, of Meningococial Septicaemia
24/5/1942 died of Meningococial Septicaemia at RAAF Hospital, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Buried in: West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA - with his parents
Section: Catholic Western Ground; Row #: F; Site #: 228.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 28/6/2016. Lest we forget.