LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Keith Avenell LINKLATER
Service No: 403410
Born: Sydney NSW, 3 October 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 January 1941
Unit: No. 4 Squadron, Gloucester, New Britain
Died: Air Operations: (No. 4 Squadron Boomerang aircraft A46-85), Galeole PNG, 5 May 1944, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Christian Linklater and Rosina Minnie Linklater; husband of Muriel Letitia Linklater. of Manly, New South Wales.
Roll of Honour: Manly NSW
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Manly ANZAC War Memorial, Manly NSW
On 5 May 1944, Boomerang A46-85 flown by Flying Officer Linklater was conducting a reconnaissance of the coastal area in the Hoskins-Galeole village area and crashed at 0915 hours when it hit a tree while ground strafing.
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, 166/24/443; A9845, 206
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line