Charles Oswald DUFFY

DUFFY, Charles Oswald

Service Number: 251682
Enlisted: 5 August 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1916
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Port Moresby, New Guinea, 21 June 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 251682
5 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 251682

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Charles Oswald Duffy 251682 (1682) from Number 3 Stores Depot (3SD - Brisbane) and Pilot Officer Cyril James Ward 405702 of RAAF Headquarters Port Moresby went missing in Moresby Bay, New Guinea while on a recreational boating trip

Their bodies were not recovered and they were declared as Missing, Presumed Dead - their loss is commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial