CANTWELL, Anthony James
| Service Number: | 429922 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Walkerville, SA, 12 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sisters of St Joseph Lower North Adelaide, Christian Brother's College |
| Occupation: | Claude Neon Ltd Keswick |
| Died: | Accidental, United Kingdom, 28 September 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, North Yorkshire, England Sec E Row E Grave , Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Oct 1942: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 429922 | |
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| 10 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 10 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429922 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward and Catherine Cantwell, of Walkerville, South Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Cantwell, of Alfred Street, Walkerville, have been notified that their only son, F/Sgt. Anthony James (Tony) Cantwell, was killed in an aircraft accident at Finningley, England, on October 2, and was buried at Regional Cemetery, Harrogate. He had spent his 21st birthday overseas. The late F/Sgt Cantwell was educated at Sisters of St. Joseph Schools, Lower North Adelaide, and Christian Brothers' College, Adelaide. He was a member of the Catholic Young Men's Society, Prospect, and of the Holy Name Society, Walkerville, and was altar boy at St. Mary's, Lower North Adelaide; he had the honor of serving at Mass in England. Before enlisting, he was employed at Claude Neon Ltd., Keswick. To his bereaved parents, sympathy is here respectfully extended. May his soul rest in peace.
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