LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Henry DAY
Service No: 435509
Born: Goomeri QLD, 11 October 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1943
Unit: No. 8 Service Flying Training School, Bundaberg QLD
Died: Ground Accident, near Bundaberg, 30 November 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Bundaberg General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mary Christensen Day, of Wooloowin
Roll of Honour: Wooloowin QLD
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 November 1943, Leading Aircraftman Day, a Trainee Pilot, died of his injuries when a heavy tender overturned two miles south west of the main gate to the Bundaberg aerodrome. Others on the tender were injured.
Involved in the accident were:
Corporal John William Anderson (24737) Discharged from the RAAF: 30 November 1945
Leading Aircraftman Parry Neil Anderson (435516) Discharged from the RAAF: 25 September 1945
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Henry Day (435509)
Flight Sergeant Charles Alfred Goman (6981) Discharged from the RAAF: 10 July 1946
Leading Aircraftman Bevan Alan Lucas (435184) Discharged from the RAAF: 30 January 1946
Leading Aircraftman Charles Walter Peake (435413) Discharged from the RAAF: 10 November 1945
Leading Aircraftman Percival Leonard Riley (132389) Discharged from the RAAF: 6 August 1946
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/9/208