RODERICK, Beresford Clayton
| Service Number: | 437292 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1942, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 21 February 1924 |
| Home Town: | Tusmore, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Melbourne High School, Melbourne Technical College |
| Occupation: | Analytical Chemist |
| Died: | Accidental, United Kingdom, 25 July 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Plot 1/2 Grave 250 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Dec 1942: | Involvement Flying Officer, 437292 | |
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| 9 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 437292, Operational Training Units (RAAF), Adelaide, SA | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Beresford Roderick and Hattie Roderick, of North Adelaide, South Australia.
EVER REMEMBERED
Mr J. B. Roderick has been officially informed that his son, Pilot Officer Beresford C. Roderick, was killed when a Stirling bomber, of which he was navigator, crashed at Warwick, England, on July 25. After studying industrial chemistry at Melbourne High School and Melbourne Technical College, Pilot Officer Roderick was employed at Salisbury munitions laboratory from where he enlisted. He trained in Australia and Canada, where he gained his commission. He arrived in England to take up operational duties this year just before his 20th birthday.
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