DIGGES, Charles Richardson
| Service Number: | 402155 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Sdyney, NSW, 3 January 1917 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Dubbo High School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, United Kingdom, 18 December 1941, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonamble War Memorial, Dubbo High School Honour Roll , International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Mendooran Memorial Wall, Narromine Aviation Museum Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 402155 | |
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| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402155 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Charles Digges received his Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for a bombing attack on an enemy tanker off BLANKENBERGE, the west coast of Flanders, July 1941. He was the first officer from the Empire Air Training Scheme serving the United Kingdom to receive a military decoration.
Charles Digges died on 18 December 1941 as a member of the crew of a Hudson bomber that crashed to the ground near the RAF Oulton Air Base, Norfolk, England.
Pilot Officer Charles Richardson Digges DFC has received a Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, commemorating his war service. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2846485 (www.awm.gov.au)