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| Kenneth Douglas DYCE (1921 - 1943) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Kenneth Douglas DYCE (1921 - 1943) | Colin Stuart DYCE (1899 - 1962) | Walter Patrick DYCE (1855 - 1928) | Alexander DYCE (1832 - 1899) | |
| Mary Jane ELLIOTT (1832 - 1897) | ||||
| Jessie Anne PATERSON (1856 - 1911) | ||||
| Alice Elizabeth HARRIS (1896 - 1935) | ||||
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| b. 14 Jun 1921 at Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 24 May 1943 at Schoonebeek, Emmen Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands aged 21 |
| Near Relatives of Kenneth Douglas DYCE (1921 - 1943) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Walter Patrick DYCE | 1855 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 30 Jul 1928 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Grandmother | Jessie Anne PATERSON | 1856 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 1911 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 55 |
| Father | Colin Stuart DYCE | 1899 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 16 Sep 1962 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 63 |
| Mother | Alice Elizabeth HARRIS | 1896 | 14 Dec 1935 | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia | 39 | |
| Self | Kenneth Douglas DYCE | 14 Jun 1921 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 24 May 1943 | Schoonebeek, Emmen Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands | 21 |
| Brother | John Walter DYCE | 1923 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 09 Jun 1962 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 39 |
| Brother | Colin Murray DYCE | 22 Feb 1924 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 03 Oct 2016 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 92 |
| Brother | Living or Recently Deceased | |||||
| Brother | William Lindsay DYCE | 1927 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 24 Nov 1979 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 52 |
| Aunt | Eugenia Alice DYCE | 1880 | 24 Aug 1977 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 97 | |
| Uncle | Alexander Henry DYCE | 1883 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 25 Feb 1967 | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | 84 |
| Uncle | Lindsay Cameron DYCE | 22 Aug 1891 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Apr 1979 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 87 |
| Aunt | Dorothy JACKSON | 1896 | 07 Jul 1989 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 93 | |
| Cousin | James Cameron DYCE | 1928 | 13 Jul 1975 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 47 | |
| Nephew | Living or Recently Deceased | |||||
| Sister in Law | Gweneth Isabell JARRETT | 12 Mar 1924 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 24 Oct 2007 | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 83 |
| Events in Kenneth Douglas DYCE (1921 - 1943)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 14 Jun 1921 | Kenneth Douglas DYCE was born | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | ||
| 14 Dec 1935 | 14 | Death of mother Alice Elizabeth HARRIS (aged 39) | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 24 May 1943 | 21 | Kenneth Douglas DYCE died | Schoonebeek, Emmen Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands | 76 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Service No: 412411
Born: Coolamon NSW, 14 June 1921 Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 July 1941 Unit: No. 460 Squadron, RAF Station Binbrook, Lincolnshire Died: Air Operations: (No. 460 Squadron Lancaster aircraft W4984), Netherlands, 24 May 1943, Aged 21 Years Buried: Schoonebeek (Oud Schoonebeek) General Cemetery, Drenthe, Netherlands CWGC Additional Information: Son of Colin Stuart Dyce and Alice Elizabeth Dyce, of Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia Roll of Honour: Coolamon NSW Remembered: Panel 107, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT Remembered: Coolamon War Memorial, Coolamon NSW Remembered: Coolamon District Honour Roll, Coolamon NSW Remembered: Kittegora Public School Honour Roll, Coolamon NSW Remembered: Victory Memorial Gardens Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga NSW Lancaster W4984 took off from RAF Binbrook at night on 23 May 1943 to attack Dortmund, Germany. The bomb load was 1 x 4000 lb (pound) (1,800 kg) bomb, 48 x 30 lb (14 kg) and 540 x 4lb (2 kg) incendiaries. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. The crew members of W4984 were: Flight Sergeant Jack Stanley Biffen (411839) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) Flight Sergeant Beresford Milton Troy Davis (405966) (Pilot) Flight Sergeant Kenneth Douglas Dyce (412411) (Navigator) Flight Sergeant Clarence Goldthorpe (405849) (Bomb Aimer) PoW, Discharged from the RAAF: 29 October 1945 Sergeant Fredrick Wilson Ralph (R/152317) (RCAF) (Air Gunner) Sergeant Eric Rowlands (1040539) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) Flight Sergeant Charles Sinclair Wright (421066) (Air Gunner) Flight Sergeant Goldthorpe later reported that "the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter. The port engines and wing were on fire. Orders to abandon were given by gestures. The controls appeared damaged. Two baled out at 18,000 feet. I landed near the German Holland border, and was handed over to the Germans. I was told later that all the other six crew members were killed." Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed near Oud Schoonebeek (Drenthe), 14kms south southeast of Emmen, Netherlands. Gravesite Details 412411. Flight Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force. Age 21. Son of Colin Stuart Dyce and Alice Elizabeth Dyce of Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia. Plot 3, Row 1, Grave 753. |
| Source References: |
| 76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/ |
| - Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13790820/kenneth_douglas-dyce (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13790820/kenneth_douglas-dyce (Death) |
| - Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13790820/kenneth_douglas-dyce (Birth) |