BADGERY, David George
| Service Number: | 426772 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 21 October 1923 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Roma Primary & High Schools, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, English Channel, 19 June 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial Panel 259 Roll of Honour Roma Queensland, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Roma Cenotaph, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Town of Roma & Shire of Bungil WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426772 | |
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| 20 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 20 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426772 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Mitchell FL192 of RAF 226SQN crashed into the sea off the coast of France killing:
Flight Sergeant David George Badgery 426772 - Son of Malcolm Fox and Mary Emily Badgery of Roma, Queensland (commemorated on Panel 259 of the Runnymede Memorial)
Flight Sergeant Donald Algernon Joseph Ahearn 423032 - Son of Harold Algernon Joseph and Ivy Vine Ahearn of Kingsford, NSW (buried in Bayeux War Cemetery)
Biography
Plane was a Mitchell VFL 1921 of 226 Squadron lost at sea of Dartmouth
Rank - Flight Sergeant - Navigator
Body recovered but buried at sea
Had 6 years with the Boy Scouts and reached the rank of Assistant Junior Scout Master
Son of Malcolm Fox Badgery and Mary Emily Badgery, of Roma, Queensland, Australia.
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