LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Keith Halliday WARHURST
Service No: 421949
Born: Ashton-under-Lyme, England, 22 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 April 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 6 Operational Training Unit, Jervis Bay NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-469), off the NSW Coast, 26 January 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Nowra War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel Wood Warhurst and Mabel Warhurst, of Bexley
Roll of Honour: Bexley NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2150 hours on 26 January 1944, Beaufort A9-469 was lost at sea 18 miles off Point Perpendicular. The cause of the accident is unknown.
The crew members of A9-469 were:
Flight Sergeant William Bungay (417989) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Maurice Isaac Green (423717) (Second Pilot)
Flying Officer Ronald Francis McKay (411159) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Halliday Warhurst (421949) (Navigator)
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 A9845, 258
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990