Edward Dalkeith (Keith) EDDISON

EDDISON, Edward Dalkeith

    Service Number: 563
    Enlisted: 4 September 1939
    Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Southampton, England, United Kingdom , 6 April 1918
    Home Town: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Schooling: Telopea Park Primary & Intermediate High Schools & Canberra Grammar School
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Flying Battle, Lae, New Guinea, 27 May 1943, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 6 .Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Local Roll of Honour- Canberra ACT,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 563
    4 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 563, No. 21 Squadron (RAAF)
    4 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 563
    8 Mar 1940: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
    8 Sep 1940: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
    1 Oct 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant
    12 Dec 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 563, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
    26 Mar 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 563, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Edward Dalkeith (Keith) EDDISON was born in Southampton, England on 6th April, 1918

    His parents were Walter Herbert EDDISON & Marion Louise Osbaldeston MILLS who married in England in 1911

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