Service No:--- 402686
Born--- Adelaide SA, 20 January 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: ---18 September 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: ---No. 62 Squadron (RAF)
Fate:--- Prisoner of War: (Killed in an Allied Air Raid), Myanmar (Burma), 29 November 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: ---Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar
Parents: --- Stanley McKellar White and Florence Amy White;
Wife---Liliane Yvonne White, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: ---Ku-ring-gai NSW
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: ---St David’s Uniting Church Roll of Honour, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---St David’s World War II Stained Glass Windows, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---Knox Grammar School Old Boys’ War Memorial, Wahroonga NSW
Flying Officer White, a Pilot, previously reported missing on 9 September 1942, was reported killed during an allied air raid on 29 November 1943 while in a Prisoner of War camp in the Rangoon area.
No. 62 Squadron suffered casualties as follows on 9 September 1942 when Hudson AE523 failed to return from an attack on Akyab, Burma. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant Albert Abraham Margolis (R/60404) (RCAF) Died 9 September 1942
Pilot Officer George Oliver Maughan DFM (50662) (RAF) Died 9 September 1942
Sergeant Neil McNeil (1108880) (RAFVR) Died 9 September 1942
Flying Officer Kenneth McKellar White (402686) (Pilot)
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, 166/43/536
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Born--- Adelaide SA, 20 January 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: ---18 September 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: ---No. 62 Squadron (RAF)
Fate:--- Prisoner of War: (Killed in an Allied Air Raid), Myanmar (Burma), 29 November 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: ---Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar
Parents: --- Stanley McKellar White and Florence Amy White;
Wife---Liliane Yvonne White, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: ---Ku-ring-gai NSW
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: ---St David’s Uniting Church Roll of Honour, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---St David’s World War II Stained Glass Windows, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---Knox Grammar School Old Boys’ War Memorial, Wahroonga NSW
Flying Officer White, a Pilot, previously reported missing on 9 September 1942, was reported killed during an allied air raid on 29 November 1943 while in a Prisoner of War camp in the Rangoon area.
No. 62 Squadron suffered casualties as follows on 9 September 1942 when Hudson AE523 failed to return from an attack on Akyab, Burma. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant Albert Abraham Margolis (R/60404) (RCAF) Died 9 September 1942
Pilot Officer George Oliver Maughan DFM (50662) (RAF) Died 9 September 1942
Sergeant Neil McNeil (1108880) (RAFVR) Died 9 September 1942
Flying Officer Kenneth McKellar White (402686) (Pilot)
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, 166/43/536
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Service No:--- 402686
Born--- Adelaide SA, 20 January 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: ---18 September 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: ---No. 62 Squadron (RAF)
Fate:--- Prisoner of War: (Killed in an Allied Air Raid), Myanmar (Burma), 29 November 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: ---Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar
Parents: --- Stanley McKellar White and Florence Amy White;
Wife---Liliane Yvonne White, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: ---Ku-ring-gai NSW
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: ---St David’s Uniting Church Roll of Honour, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---St David’s World War II Stained Glass Windows, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---Knox Grammar School Old Boys’ War Memorial, Wahroonga NSW
Flying Officer White, a Pilot, previously reported missing on 9 September 1942, was reported killed during an allied air raid on 29 November 1943 while in a Prisoner of War camp in the Rangoon area.
No. 62 Squadron suffered casualties as follows on 9 September 1942 when Hudson AE523 failed to return from an attack on Akyab, Burma. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant Albert Abraham Margolis (R/60404) (RCAF) Died 9 September 1942
Pilot Officer George Oliver Maughan DFM (50662) (RAF) Died 9 September 1942
Sergeant Neil McNeil (1108880) (RAFVR) Died 9 September 1942
Flying Officer Kenneth McKellar White (402686) (Pilot)
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, 166/43/536
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Born--- Adelaide SA, 20 January 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: ---18 September 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: ---No. 62 Squadron (RAF)
Fate:--- Prisoner of War: (Killed in an Allied Air Raid), Myanmar (Burma), 29 November 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: ---Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar
Parents: --- Stanley McKellar White and Florence Amy White;
Wife---Liliane Yvonne White, of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: ---Ku-ring-gai NSW
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: ---St David’s Uniting Church Roll of Honour, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---St David’s World War II Stained Glass Windows, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: ---Knox Grammar School Old Boys’ War Memorial, Wahroonga NSW
Flying Officer White, a Pilot, previously reported missing on 9 September 1942, was reported killed during an allied air raid on 29 November 1943 while in a Prisoner of War camp in the Rangoon area.
No. 62 Squadron suffered casualties as follows on 9 September 1942 when Hudson AE523 failed to return from an attack on Akyab, Burma. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant Albert Abraham Margolis (R/60404) (RCAF) Died 9 September 1942
Pilot Officer George Oliver Maughan DFM (50662) (RAF) Died 9 September 1942
Sergeant Neil McNeil (1108880) (RAFVR) Died 9 September 1942
Flying Officer Kenneth McKellar White (402686) (Pilot)
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, 166/43/536
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
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