GOULDER, Kenneth
Service Number: | 403693 |
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Enlisted: | 2 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Pymble, New South Wales, Australia, 9 April 1921 |
Home Town: | Pymble, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Sicily, Middle East, 8 August 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Malta Memorial, Malta |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 403693 | |
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2 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
2 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 403693, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
8 Aug 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 403693, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Goulder MiD 403693 in Kittyhawk FS423 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was hit by small arms fire over Riposto and crashed near Mount Etna on Sicily - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Malta Memorial, Panel 11, column 2
He was in a group of twelve aircraft that took off to strafe enemy transport in the area of Giardini / Riposto in northern Sicily