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Name	Keith Selwyn Hennock
Born	8 February, 1918 Young, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 August, 1999 (aged 81) Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lung)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Slim, William Joseph (related entry)
Education *	Kingsvale Provisional School (NSW) (student, 1923-1929) Young High School (student, 1930-1935)
Occupation *	air force officer (1938-1975) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (participant, 1929-1946) Korean War (participant, 1951-1952)
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross (recipient, 1944) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1960) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1968)

* Dates are approximate