LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Ernest FOOTE
Service No: 23355
Born: Liverpool, England, 4 July 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 August 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Venn Airfield NT
Died: Injuries, Venn NT, 6 January 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest and Margaret Hannah Foote, of Bardon, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 January 1944, Leading Aircraftman Foote, a Fitter Driver Motor Transport, died as a result of injuries received when a sapling snapped over the blade of the bulldozer he was driving and struck him in the head.
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 A9301, 23355