MADDOCKS, Cyril Braden
| Service Number: | 3517 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 12 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical engineer |
| Died: | 13 September 1924, aged 32 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Nedlands Scotch College WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3517, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 1 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3517, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3517, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3517, 4th Division Headquarters, Transferred to Royal Flying Corps with rank of 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Lieutenant Cyril Braden Maddocks served in the AIF and joined the RFC with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on 16 March 1917. Maddocks had a bad crash in England, in 1919, which split his skull from eye to back of head, and left him unconscious for ten days. A difficult operation saved his life. His friendship with Smith was like that of a brother. His vision for the future of aviation was very similar to that of his friend and he dreamed of future ventures in Australia. Just after the war the two friends formed Kingsford Smith, Maddocks Aeros Ltd., flying a joy-riding service mainly in the North of England, during the summer of 1919. Tasmanian born Maddocks had enlisted in Western Australia with the 16th Battalion during 1915.
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