CALDER, Edward Louis
| Service Number: | 406770 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Charlton, England, 13 November 1910 |
| Home Town: | Mukinbudin, Mukinbudin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Justice of the Peace (JP) |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Cape Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 January 1945, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia Panel 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 406770 | |
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| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 406770 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF Ventura PV1 aircraft A59-56 of Number 13 Squadron crashed into the sea off Bremer Island near Gove, NT while on a gunnery exercise. Two crewmen survived: Warrant Officer Gordon Frank Cathro 417991 (discharged November 1945) & Warrant Officer George Robert Murdoch 420396 (discharged February 1946). The rest of the crew were killed:
Commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT are:
Flight Sergeant Lloyd Haig Ames 210069 - Son of Henry Pickard Ames and Jane Maud Ames & Husband of Jean Emily Ames of Subiaco, WA
Flight Lieutenant Edward Louis Calder 406770 - Son of William Percy and Fanny Calder & Husband of Freda Mary Bussell Calder of Busselton, WA
Warrant Officer Eric Clyde Peacock 423425 - Son of Allan and Winifred Ursula Peacock of Five Dock, NSW
Buried at Adelaide River War Cemetery is Flying Officer Peter Wilberforce Clarkson 427499 - Son of Henry Wilberforce Clarkson and Emma Isabel Clarkson of Mount Lawley, WA