LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Keith Edward SPEDDING
Service No: 412205
Born: Christchurch NZ, 4 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 12 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 12 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-535), near Adelaide River NT, 1 April 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Edward and Susan Alice Spedding, of Grenfell, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1605 hours on 1 April 1943, Wirraway A20-535 crashed about 40 kms south of Adelaide River and both crew members were killed. Those crew members were:
Sergeant Keith Edward Spedding (412205) (Pilot)
Sergeant William Samuel Walker (405946) (Observer)
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 A9845, 196