LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Kevin CARNEY
Service No: 77563
Born: Warwick QLD, 2 November 1900
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 August 1942
Discharged from the RAAF: 3 September 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 17 Replenishing Unit, Bowral NSW
Died: Illness, Sydney NSW, 21 December 1946, Aged 46 Years
Buried: Botany General Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Margaret Carney; husband of Kathleen Mary Carney, of Bowral
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 3 September 1945 Leading Aircraftman Carney, a Cook’s Assistant, was discharged from the RAAF as medically unfit for further service and he died of an illness on the 21 December 1946.
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 A9301, 77563