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F/Sgt Kenneth Gard Pearce

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F/Sgt Kenneth Gard Pearce Veteran

Birth
Kadina, District Council of Copper Coast, South Australia, Australia
Death
8 Nov 1942 (aged 25)
France
Burial
Vannes, Departement du Morbihan, Bretagne, France GPS-Latitude: 47.6615042, Longitude: -2.7532084
Plot
Div. B. Row 1. Grave 10.
Memorial ID
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PEARCE, KENNETH GARD, K G Flight Sergeant 416228 Royal Australian Air Force 08/11/1942 25
Posting on Death: 142 Squadron, Waltham, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington BJ 768; Place - Cannes, France; Date - 8 November 1942.
Lost during a Mine Laying Sortie off the Coast of France.
The crew of Wellington BJ 768 were;
SAUTELLE, Claud Besnard - (Flight Sergeant) - 411390
PEARCE, Kenneth Gard – (Flight Sergeant) – 416228
EVISON, Ronald Granville – (Sergeant) – RAF 1214196
BRADSHAW, Douglas James – (Pilot Officer) – RAF 119905
HILL, Cyril Sydney H – (Sergeant) – RAF 1319144
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Maitland SA, also Kenneth Gard Pearce's name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Alfred St. Leger Pearce and Hilda Pearce, of Maitland, South Australia.
PEARCE, KENNETH GARD, K G Flight Sergeant 416228 Royal Australian Air Force 08/11/1942 25
Posting on Death: 142 Squadron, Waltham, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington BJ 768; Place - Cannes, France; Date - 8 November 1942.
Lost during a Mine Laying Sortie off the Coast of France.
The crew of Wellington BJ 768 were;
SAUTELLE, Claud Besnard - (Flight Sergeant) - 411390
PEARCE, Kenneth Gard – (Flight Sergeant) – 416228
EVISON, Ronald Granville – (Sergeant) – RAF 1214196
BRADSHAW, Douglas James – (Pilot Officer) – RAF 119905
HILL, Cyril Sydney H – (Sergeant) – RAF 1319144
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Maitland SA, also Kenneth Gard Pearce's name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Alfred St. Leger Pearce and Hilda Pearce, of Maitland, South Australia.

Inscription

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