Douglas William CAUDLE

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CAUDLE, Douglas William

Service Number:	PA1873
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
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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Biography 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.

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