GADSDEN, Noel Wilkinson
| Service Number: | 430256 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 625 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, 1 November 1924 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Carey Grammar School, Kew |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Shot Down during Night Bombing Raid, Hollenstein, Germany, Belgium, 13 August 1944, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany, Hotton War Cemetery, Hotton, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 430256, Aircrew Training Units | |
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| 1 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 430256 | |
| 13 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 430256, No. 625 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Noel Wilkinson GADSDEN was born in Melbourne, VIctoria, on 1 November 1924. He was educated at Carey Grammar School KEW, a SE suburb of Melbourne.
Enlisting in the RAAF in June 1942, Flt Sgt Noel GADSDEN trained as an Air Gunner under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Canada and England, and was later posted to 625 Squadron RAF operating Lancaster bombers.
On the night of 12/13 August 1944, Flt Sgt GADSDEN's Lancaster, serial number ME733, radio call sign CF-Z, was shot down and crashed at Hollenstein, Germany after a raid over Brunswick Germany. He was killed alongside his six other crew members in the wreckage of their aircraft. He was 19yo.
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