CRIDLAND, Francis Herbert
| Service Number: | 413534 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1941, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Daceyville, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | Roseville, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk at Nestle Anglo Ltd. |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Aru Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 19 October 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" (CWGC) Official Commemoration ~ Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 413534, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Francis Herbert CRIDLAND was born in Daceyville, NSW on 29th May, 1920
His parents were Leslie Richard CRIDLAND & Florence Ann DAVISON
He married Bonnie Beveridge BRIDGES in Sydney in 1942
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His Father Leslie Richard CRIDLAND (SN150) served during WW1 with the 1st Field Company Engineers - returned to Australia in 1916
Biography contributed by Stephen Bonald
Flying Officer Francis Herbert Cridland, (Pilot), and Pilot Officer Raymond Baudoin De Pierres, (Navigator), were shot down and killed by anti-aircraft fire while flying near Trangan in the Aru Islands on 19 October 1943. They were hit by flak over the target wounding the pilot during a strike on Taberfane Airstrip in the Aru Islands, crashed when control was lost.
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