Vernon Charles AKES

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AKES, Vernon Charles

Service Number:	404393
Enlisted:	15 August 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Air Force
Born:	Rosewood, Queensland, Australia, 2 June 1918
Home Town:	Rosewood, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Partner with father in Plumbing business
Died:	Accidental, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, 24 December 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Wyton (St. Margaret and All Saints) Churchyard
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Ipswich Grammar School WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

15 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404393, Royal Australian Air Force
16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404393

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Vernon, aged 23, served with 15 Squadron RAF as a member of the Royal Australian Air Force~ Service Number 404393.

A partner in his father's plumbing business by trade, he was the son of Charles and Vera Akes of Rosewood, Queensland, Australia.

Sergeant Akes' name is located at panel 118 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

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IN LIFE UNDAUNTED, IN DEATH UNAFRAID

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