LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Keith Walter WERNER
Service No: 122263
Born: Murray Bridge SA, 27 October 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 January 1943
Unit: No. 4 Airfield Construction Squadron, Biak Island
Died: Ground Accident (Drowned), Morotai, 17 May 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Herman Walter and Louisa Wendelina Werner, of Woodchester, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Woodchester SA
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 17 May 1945, Corporal Werner, a Plant Operator, drowned when swimming on his own at Blue Beach, Morotai Island. He was not seen to enter the water, and his body was found later.
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, 166/43/1365
Bibliography:
Croft, I. (Ian) We Prepared the Way: RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons, db Publishing, Mandurah WA 6210, 2006
Wilson, D. (David) Always First: the RAAF airfield construction squadrons 1942-1974, Air Power Studies Centre Canberra ACT 2600, 1998