DAVIDSON, John Donald
| Service Number: | 5372 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1909 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prisoner of War, Germany, 17 March 1945, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 5372 | |
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| 29 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 5372, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant John Donald Davidson 5372 was shot down in Hampden AT109 of 455SQN RAAF and became a PoW along with the four crewmen - three of the crew survived the war: Flight Lieutenant George Robert Anderson 400316 / Flight Sergeant Cecil William Francis Cameron 404632 / Sergeant John Richard Hayes 404462
Squadron Leader James Catanach DFC 400364 was one of the RAAF members that were executed following their participation in the "Great Escape" and their subsequent recapture by German forces - the other two were Warrant Officer Albert Horace Hake 403218 and Flight Lieutenant Reginald Victor Kierath 402364