LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Kenneth Brennan NUNN-PATTRICK
Service No: 424556
Born: Neutral Bay NSW, 1 October 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1942
Unit: No. 454 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 454 Squadron Ventura aircraft FW716), Imola, Italy, 13 April 1945, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Bologna War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Harvey and Florence Alice Nunn Pattrick, of Scone, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Former Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Head Office Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW
On 13 April 1945 Ventura aircraft FW716 was tasked to bomb Argenta and conduct an armed reconnaissance of the roads in the northern Italian battle area. The wreckage of FW716 was located near Imola and the bodies of three of the four crew members found and buried.
The crew members of FW716 were:
Warrant Officer Ross Gordon Adam (411435) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer William James Alexander Duffy (428431) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Philip Hardy Hemsley (162125) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Kenneth Brennan Nunn-Patrick (424556) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Lax, M. R. (Mark Roger) Alamein to the Alps: 454 Squadron RAAF 1941-1945, M R Lax Wanniassa ACT 2903, 2006
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/30/102
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line