LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Frederick Robert Anthony KENNEDY DFC
Service No: 404789
Born: Dubbo NSW, 29 February 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Warboys
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), 12 November 1943
Died: Illness, Cambridgeshire, 16 September 1943, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gilbert James Kennedy and Florence Mary Agnes Kennedy of Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Norma Marie Kennedy of Kings Cross, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Clinton QLD
Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
DFC Citation: Flying Officer Kennedy has completed many operational sorties as navigator, many of them in the Middle East. He has also participated in sorties on European targets such as Cologne, Essen and Hamburg. Despite two combats with night fighters and two crashes, this officer has continued to display undaunted courage and determination (London Gazette 12 November 1943 page 4873)”
Flying Officer Kennedy (Observer) was admitted to RAF Hospital Ely, Cambridgeshire, dangerously ill and died on 16 September 1943.
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, 166/22/121