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CAWTHORNE, Philip Edward

Service Number:	417049
Enlisted:	6 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 635 Squadron (RAF) Pathfinder Force
Born:	Millswood Estate, South Australia, 4 January 1922
Home Town:	Millswood, City of Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Operation Harburg - Night Bombing Raid over Germany, Hesepe, Germany, 4 April 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany
Memorials:	Adelaide High School The Fallen, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417049, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide, SA
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 417049
4 Apr 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 417049, No. 635 Squadron (RAF) Pathfinder Force, Air War NW Europe 1939-45
22 May 1945:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, London Gazette "This officer has shown great skill and fortitude in operations against the enemy"
Date unknown:	Involvement

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