DANIEL, Keith Edmund
Service Number: | 402852 |
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Enlisted: | 11 November 1940, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Menangle, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1916 |
Home Town: | Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Moree, Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Bank Officer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Australia, 20 April 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory Plot C, Row B, Grave 16 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Milingimbi War Memorial, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 402852 | |
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11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 402852, Sydney, NSW | |
20 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Mid-air collision of RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-197 & A16-183 of Number 2 Squadron shortly after take-off from Millingimbi airstrip, NT
Crew of A16-197 killed:
Flying Officer Jack Laws 412979 - Son of Frederick Joseph and Mabel Ethel Laws of Coolah, NSW
Pilot Officer Joseph Gipson Butler 408820 - Son of Benjamin Gipson Butler and Alice Josephine Butler of Tallangatta, Victoria
Pilot Officer William Julius Henderson Gove 401636 - Son of Robert Vivian and Vera Masden Drayton Gove & Husband of Patricia Walcott Gove of Toorak, Victoria
Flying Officer Keith Edmund Daniel 402852 - Son of Edmund Blair Wentworth Daniel and Ruby Annie Daniel & Husband of Ailsa Sutton Daniel of Wahroonga, NSW
Flight Sergeant Thomas William Wilson 408899 - Son of Thomas and Jean Hunter Wilson of Geelong West, Victoria
Crew of A16-183 killed:
Flying Officer Keith Rossly Mills 405637 - Son of Andrew Samuel and Laura Mills of Brisbane, Queensland
Pilot Officer Trevor William Bassan 411985 - Son of William Herbert and Catherine Bassan & Husband of Edna May Bassan of Rozelle, NSW
Sergeant Harold Herbert Keith Hadley 411904 - Son of Frederick Herbert and Ada Mary Hadley of Mona Vale, NSW
Pilot Officer John Loughman Barnes 404946 - Son of Harold Claude and Constance Charlotte Barnes & Husband of Nena Bryden Barnes of Mitchell, Queensland
Flying Officer Noel Edward John 409551 - Son of Edward and Grace John of Burwood, NSW
Biography
Plane was Hudson A16-197 crashed Millimgimbie, NT. Possibly collided with an accompanying plane Hudson A16-183
Biography contributed by Michael Read
Accident 1915 zulu (0615Hrs) 20/04/43 after taking off on a reconnaissance mission (HUG.46) to Timoeka DNG, when it was involved in a midair collision with Hudson A16-183 some four minutes later.
A16-197 crashed on one of the Crocodile Islands north east of Millingimbi NT.
Crew F/O K E Daniel Serv#402852, F/O J Laws Serv#412979, Sgt W J Gove Serv#401636, Sgt Thomas William Wilson Serv#408899 and Sgt J G Butler Serv#408820 all killed.
Wreck within 600 yards of wreck of A16-183.