LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant William Gordon KENDALL
Service No: 420209
Born: Coogee NSW, 24 December 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1941
Unit: No. 12 Service Flying Training School (RCAF), Brandon, Manitoba
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 12 Service Flying Training School Crane aircraft 8098), near Brandon, 28 May 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Brandon Cemetery, Manitoba
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Gordon and Ethel Maude Kendall of Gurley, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Moree NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Moree War Memorial Hall – World War Two Honour Rolls, Moree NSW
On 28 May 1943, Crane 8098 crashed near Brandon and all three crew members were killed.
The crew members of Crane 8098 were:
Leading Aircraftman Raymond Thomas Ingley (421512) (RNZAF) (Student Pilot)
Sergeant William Gordon Kendall (420209) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Frampton Osborne (421392) (RNZAF) (Student Pilot)
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, 166/22/75
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line