CROSDALE, Charles Joseph
| Service Number: | 6673 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1910 |
| Home Town: | Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ellalong Public School, ICS College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver/Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 13 August 1940, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ellalong Cemetery, Ellalong, New South Wales, Australia Roman Catholic Section |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 6673 | |
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| 18 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 6673, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Richmond, NSW | |
| 18 Dec 1939: | Enlisted 6673 | |
| 13 Aug 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 6673, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Joseph CROSDALE was born on 2nd November, 1910 in Merriwa, New South Wales
His parents were George Matthew CROSDALE and Cecilia Mary DELFORCE who married in 1909 - he was one of 17 children, 13 sons and 4 daughters
Charles married Rita Pearl LING in NSW in 1940 - Rita gave birth to their first child Gary Charles Crosdale on the 13th August, 1940 in Melbourne which is the same day that his Father Charles died in Canberra
It was Charles life long ambition to join the Air Force and he was finally accepted after some assistance he enlisted at Richmond, NSW on 18th December, 1939
On 13th August, 1940 the plane, a Lockhead Hudson Mark II, SN A16 - 97 took off with passengers onboard including Government Officials and VIPs. On the approach to the RAAF Base at Canberra the plane spun and crashed two miles east of the airfield, killing everyone onboard and then catching fire - in all 10 people died in the accident, four of them were crew
Charles body was brought back to NSW and he is buried in the Roman Catholic Section of the Ellalong Cemetery near Cessnock, NSW - he was buried with RAAF Honours
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IN MEMORIAN - Trove
"Memory lane is a lonely path, where hearts are ever true,
A path we travel every day, because it leads to you
Beyond the beautiful sunset, they wait with outstretched hands
To guide us over the threshold, into the Promised Land.
But the happiest day is yet to come, when we shall meet again"
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OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SERVED
7 sons enlisted from the family of George & Cecilia CROSDALE in the AIF, RAAF & RAN
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