MAWDSLEY, Jack
| Service Number: | 407367 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Kent Town, South Australia, 21 January 1921 |
| Home Town: | Lobethal, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Goodwood Central School, Lobethal Primary School, School of Mines Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Farmer's Union Woodside |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands East Indies, 12 January 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Sep 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, 407367 | |
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| 14 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407367, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots, Adelaide | |
| 14 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407367 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Eveline Imelda Mawdsley, of Lobethal, South Australia.
Mrs. E. I. Mawdsley, of Lobethal, has been advised by the Air Board that her only son, Sgt. Jack Mawdsley. R.A.A.F. who has been missing I believed killed, for over four years, Is now presumed to have lost his life in air operations on January 12,1942. He was a wireless operator air gunner, and his aircraft was shot into the sea while attacking an enemy surface craft near Kema, N. Celebes. He enlisted on April 1, 1940, at the age of 19 and trained at Somers, Ballarat and Evans Head. At the completion of his training he was posted to No. 2 Squadron, Laverton, Victoria. His squadron left for overseas on December 8, 1941. Before his enlistment he was employed by the SA Farmers' Union at Woodside, and was a member of St. John Ambulance Brigade (Lobethal division).
Biography contributed
Biography written by Matilda Taylor from Torrens Valley Christian School, attached as a document. Winning entry for 2024 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.
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