LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Bernard Maurice O’KEEFFE
Service No: 210054
Born: Perth WA, 11 November 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 September 1939
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit, Mildura VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A29-115), near Wentworth NSW, 12 November 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Mildura Public Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Clarence John and Mary O’Keeffe; husband of Thelma Kathleen O’Keeffe, of Leichhardt, New South Wales.
Roll of Honour: Perth WA
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
On 12 November 1944, Sergeant Bernard Maurice O’Keeffe flying Kittyhawk A29-115 was killed when he failed to pull out of a dive from 12,000 feet and crashed 1 mile south of Wentworth.
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, 5
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1988