Studio portrait of 433277 Pilot Officer (PO) (Air Gunner) Kenneth Roy Nerney RAAF, of Dulwich ...

Accession Number P07976.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 433277 Pilot Officer (PO) (Air Gunner) Kenneth Roy Nerney RAAF, of Dulwich Hill, NSW. A clerk prior to enlistment, Flt Lt Nerney enlisted on 2 March 1943 after serving in the General Duties Branch, Citizen Air Force. Whilst attached to 158 Squadron RAF and with the rank of Flying Officer (FO), he was killed on 6 January 1945 whilst on operations over Germany. His Halifax III NR 195 aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed at Grossauheim south of Hanau. FO Nerney was aged 19.

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