John Joseph CHIGWIDDEN

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CHIGWIDDEN, John Joseph

Service Number:	28155
Enlisted:	10 July 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 622 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 23 February 1911
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timberman/Carpenter
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands, 21 July 1944, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery, Netherlands Plot B, Row 2, Grave 53
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Zinc Corporation Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Murray Bridge 622 Squadron Honour Board

World War 2 Service

10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 28155, Broken Hill, New South Wales
10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 28155
21 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 28155, No. 622 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Peter Bernard and Katherine Chigwidden; husband of Beatrice Chigwidden of Merrylands, NSW

School subjects studied - Maths 1, Maaths 2, English, Physics, History, Geography, Chemistry, Woodwork, Technical Drawing, Drawing, Freehand Drawing, History

Sports played - Football, Baseball, Tennis, Cricket

Plane was Lancaster LL 859 which was lost at Homberg, Ruhr, Germany while attached to 622 Squadron

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