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EDDISON, Edward Dalkeith
Personal Details
Service Number: | 563 |
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Enlisted: | 4 September 1939 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Southampton, England, United Kingdom , 6 April 1918 |
Home Town: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
Schooling: | Telopea Park Primary & Intermediate High Schools & Canberra Grammar School |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Flying Battle, Lae, New Guinea, 27 May 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 6 .Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Local Roll of Honour- Canberra ACT, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 563 | |
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4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 563, No. 21 Squadron (RAAF) | |
4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 563 | |
8 Mar 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
8 Sep 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer | |
1 Oct 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant | |
12 Dec 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 563, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
26 Mar 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 563, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edward Dalkeith (Keith) EDDISON was born in Southampton, England on 6th April, 1918
His parents were Walter Herbert EDDISON & Marion Louise Osbaldeston MILLS who married in England in 1911