LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Kenneth Thomas LARKIN
Service No: 47891
Born: Adelaide SA, 10 December 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1942
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Melbourne VIC
Died: Illness, Ascot Vale VIC, 24 May 1942, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Adelaide (West Terrace) Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Cecil Edward and Eileen May Larkin, of Flinders Park
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 23 May 1942, Aircraftman Class I Larkin, a Trainee Group V, was admitted to the RAAF Hospital, Ascot Vale, suffering meningitis septicaemia and died the following day.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/136/148