LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Keith Alfred SCHAEDEL
Service No: 141481
Born: Mannum SA, 3 July 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 October 1943
Unit: No. 7 Repair and Salvage Unit, Darwin NT
Died: Ground Accident, Fannie Bay NT, 7 May 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Alfred and Elsie Laura Sophie Schaedel, of Mannum, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Mannum SA
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 7 July 1945, Leading Aircraftman Schaedel, a Flight Rigger, drowned when a dinghy sank in Fanny Bay, Darwin.
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, 166/37/1060