LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Arnold Ray KERLEY
Service No: 122766
Born: Port Broughton SA, 24 March 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 March 1943
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Adelaide SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide, 30 July 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick William and Florence Ann Kerley, of Parilla
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On the 30 July 1943, Aircraftman Class I Kerley, a Trainee Technician, died from pneumonia complications following measles in the No. 101 Australian General Hospital, Northfield.
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, 166/22/95