LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Esmond Patrick KENNY
Service No: 10270
Born: Taradale VIC, 12 March 1905
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 April 1940
Discharged from the RAAF: 4 June 1943
Unit at Discharge: No. 2 Squadron
Died: Illness, Victoria, 18 February 1946, Aged 40 Years
Buried: Woodend Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Andrew and Ellen Alice Kenny, of Caulfield
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Leading Aircraftman Kenny contracted his illness while serving with No. 2 Squadron in northern Australia.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 10270
Bibliography:
Bennett, J. (John William) Highest Traditions: the history of No. 2 Squadron RAAF, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992