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GEHRMANN, Kenneth Joseph

Service Numbers:	Q128870, 426871
Enlisted:	1 December 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1923
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Warwick High School, Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk, Toowoomba Foundry
Died:	Accidental, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 20 October 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Plot 1/2. Grave 92.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Warwick Roll of Honour WWII, Warwick War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q128870, 7 Training Battalion
1 Dec 1941:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q128870, 7 Training Battalion
1 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q128870, Infantry Training Battalions
1 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q128870, 7 Training Battalion, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
11 Aug 1942:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q128870, 7 Training Battalion
15 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 426871
15 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 426871, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
20 Oct 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 426871, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF (12 OTU) RAF Benson - training light bomber aircrew.

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Edward Henry GEHRMANN, & Ruby Elizabeth GEHRMANN, of Manly, Qld, Australia.