Frederick Hugh CONAGHAN

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CONAGHAN, Frederick Hugh

Service Number:	433289
Enlisted:	2 March 1943
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1924
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia, 6 August 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D.A.13. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 433289
2 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
2 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 433289
6 Aug 1944:	Involvement Sergeant, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Mitchell A47-13 of Number 2 Squadron crashed near Adelaide River, NT while on a bombing training exercise

6 crewmen were killed (5 RAAF / 1 RAF - Flying Officer Kenneth Joseph Hadley 131581 Royal Air Force of 549SQN) and there was one survivor: the pilot - Flight Lieutenant Stanley Davies 415512 who was discharged from the RAAF 13 August 1945

Killed were:

Warrant Officer Arthur Keith Griesbach 415321 - son of Horst and Annie Esther Griesbach & Husband of Veronica Esther Griesbach of Inglewood, WA

Warrant Officer John Samuel McClelland Campbell 415227 - son of Samuel and Jean Campbell of Westonia, WA

Sergeant Frederick Hugh Conaghan 433289 - son of Joseph Vincent and Elsie May Conaghan of Rozelle, NSW

Flying Officer David Gethen Lane 416434 - son of Edwin and Gertrude Alice Lane of Marryatville, SA (passed away from his injuries on the 8th of August)

Pilot Officer Arthur Keith Buckland 7010 - son of Arthur Harold and Amy Louisa Buckland of Mount Hawthorn, WA (passed away from his injuries on the 19th of August)

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