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O'DONOGHUE, Desmond Pius
Personal Details
Service Number: | 416784 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
11 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416784 | |
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21 Mar 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416784, No. 236 Squadron (RAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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