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KIERNAN, Rita Irene
Personal Details
Service Number: | 176710 |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1944 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
Last Unit: | No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera |
Born: | Cumnock, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1924 |
Home Town: | Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Narrandera War Cemetery, New South Wales Row C Grave 2, Narrandera War Cemetery, Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 176710 | |
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16 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Aircraftwoman, 176710, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera | |
16 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 176710, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Aircraftwoman Kiernan 176710 WAAAF was killed and several other personnel were injured when a tender attached to a RAAF truck overturned three miles from Yanco, NSW on a Saturday evening