Desmond Pius O'DONOGHUE

O'DONOGHUE, Desmond Pius

Service Number: 416784
Enlisted: 11 September 1941
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 236 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Marion, South Australia, 23 October 1922
Home Town: Kensington, South Australia
Schooling: St Teresas Private School, Brighton, SA & Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation: Pricing Clerk (Motor dealer)
Died: Flying Battle, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 21 March 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

11 Sep 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416784
21 Mar 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416784, No. 236 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Desmond Pius O'DONOGHUE was born in Marion, South Australia on 23rd October, 1922

His parents were Timothy Frederick O'DONOGHUE & Annie Maria BOURKE who married in St Raphaels Church in Carrieton, SA on 1st March, 1916