ARNOTT, Kenneth John
Service Number: | 21070 |
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Enlisted: | 22 April 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 20 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Kent, England, 23 June 1918 |
Home Town: | Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Machinist and Sailmaker |
Died: | Prisoner of War, New Guinea, 7 May 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Morseby, New Guinea Panel 10, Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
22 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Newcastle, New South Wales | |
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22 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 21070 | |
7 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 21070, No. 20 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Son of Kenneth Hamilton Arnott and Ann Caroline Arnott; husband of Margaret Arnott, of Mayfield, New South Wales.
Plane was Catalina A24-20. In 20 Squadron Crashed in the Coral Sea. May have been picked up by Matsue Maru and taken to Rabaul (taken from a diary of Japanese soldier). Nothing more is known as to whether or not he was on Matsue Maru when it left Rabaul