LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Kevin George WILLIAMS
Service No: 134833
Born: Sydney NSW, 16 August 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 June 1943
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-576), near Deniliquin, 22 June 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Sydney and Mary Veronica Williams, of Leeton
Roll of Honour: Leeton NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: ANZAC War Memorial Clock, Leeton NSW
At 1550 hours on 22 June 1944, Wirraway A20-576 crashed at Mundiwah station four miles east of Deniliquin, and the crew members were killed. The aircraft was on a test flight preparatory to night flying.
The crew members of A20-576 were:
Pilot Officer John Ashton Gerrard (11853) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Kevin George Williams (134833) (Flight Mechanic)
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, 166/43/723; A9845, 197
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line