LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth William Herbert WILLIAMS
Service No: 423372
Born: Randwick NSW, 28 September 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 June 1942
Unit: Melbourne Wireless Telegraph Station VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Werribee VIC, 9 February 1945, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Henry Samuel and Doris Williams, of Randwick, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 9 February 1945, Leading Aircraftman Williams, a Telegraphist, was on guard duty at the Wireless Telegraph Detachment at the Werribee Remote Receiving Station where he was accidentally killed by a gunshot.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/1148
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line