Leonard Knox Keen

Forenames

Leonard Knox AWMM

Surname

Keen AWMM

Service number

• NZ422551 AWMM
• WWII 422551 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

12 Nov 1920 RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)

Next of kin

• WW2 Father: Mrs. S. H. Keen. 14 Bath St, Parnell, Auckland AWMM
• WW2 Mr. S. H. Keen of Parnell, Auckland AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ422551 AWMM
• WWII 422551 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Armourer/Military AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

Last rank

Aircraftman Class 2/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Leonard Keen was the son of Samuel Harold Keen, and of Helen Jane Keen (nee Hamilton), of Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)) AWMM

Death

18 Aug 1942 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

St John's Anglican Church Cemetery, Norrie Road, Drury, Papakura, New Zealand AWMM Family plot B. (Ext.) Row, Plot 4. AWMM

Memorial name

• Otahuhu Railway Workshops War Memorial, corner of Piki Thompson Way, Otahuhu Auckland 1062 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919923
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845612
  Sources Used

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
  Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol 1, p. 23
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.