CAUDLE, Douglas William
Service Number: | PA1873 |
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Enlisted: | 24 September 1940, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Leading Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Hindmarsh, South Australia, 18 April 1921 |
Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Challa Gardens School |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
24 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, PA1873, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Port Adelaide, South Australia | |
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24 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, PA1873 | |
20 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, PA1873, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert Edwin and Olive Swain Caudle.
Ord.-Seaman Douglas William Caudle, 20, was the nephew and adopted son of Mrs. M. E. Morrow, of Stone street, Woodville North, where he lived. His father is Mr. A. E. Caudle, of Hindmarsh, and his sister Mrs. Wallace Jordan, of Pennington. Ord.-Seaman Caudle went to Challa Gardens School and played with the Woodville rugby team.