BADGER, William
Service Number: | 416375 |
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Enlisted: | 24 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Portsmouth, England, 8 October 1916 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Accident, United Kingdom, 15 January 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Whinfield Cemetery Rugby, Warwickshire, England |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
24 May 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, 416375 | |
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24 May 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416375 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Badger 416375 RAAF was killed when RAF Oxford aircraft BG168 of Number 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit collided with Oxford aircraft EP809 at Church Lawford airfield near Rugby, England - also killed was Sergeant R J Haag R125867 RCAF
Son of William Josiah and Dorcas May Badger
Husband of Isobel Carr Badger of Glenelg, SA
Sergeant Badger is commemorated on the family plot in Renmark Cemetery, SA