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DUFFY, Charles Oswald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 251682 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 251682 | |
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| 5 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 251682 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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