LUCAS, Kenneth Tudor Rodwell
Service Number: | 411503 |
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Enlisted: | 24 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 37 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Nyngan, New South Wales, 1 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Warialda Public School, Junior Technical School Maitland, East Maitland High School & Hawkesbury Agricultural College |
Occupation: | Dairy product (tester and grader) |
Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 10 July 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at Sea, Malta Memorial, Malta |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana |
World War 2 Service
24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 411503, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411503, No. 37 Squadron (RAAF) | |
17 Jul 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 411503, From Sydney | |
10 Jul 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411503, No. 37 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Kenneth Tudor Rodwell LUCAS was born on 1st March, 1919 in Nyngan, NSW
His parents were Edgar Arthur LUCAS and Mary Evelyn HUMPHRIES
He enlisted on 24th May 1941 with the Royal Australian Air Force - Service No. 411503
Kenneth died in a Flying Battle on 10th July, 1943 over the Mediterranean sea - he is listed on the Australian War Memorial and also the Malta Memorial, Panel 11, column 2 - He was then a Flight Sergeant with the 37 Squadron (RAF)