MADDEN, Douglas William
| Service Number: | 36484 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 25 July 1922 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Vansittart Bay, Western Australia, Vansittart Bay, Western Australia, Australia, 23 March 1945, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 10, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, 36484 | |
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| 6 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 6 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 36484 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Stanley George and Constance Blanche Agnew Madden
Husband of Edith Madden of Carlton, NSW
RAAF Liberator aircraft A72-80 of 24 Squadron crashed into Vansittart Bay, WA shortly after take-off from Truscott airstrip on an Operational mission - all on board were killed:
Bodies not recovered, commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial -
Flying Officer John Wilson Hursthouse 416215
Flying Officer Raymond Allenby Whiting 426733
Warrant Officer William Richard Flanagan 401748
Warrant Officer Herbert Gordon Parker 408591
Flight Sergeant Howey James Boyd 427775
Flight Sergeant Ronald Malcolm Morris 46563
Flight Sergeant John Richmond Ryan 422716
Sergeant Alexander Douglas Whitehead 121592
Corporal Douglas William Madden 36484
Bodies recovered, buried at Adelaide River War Cemetery -
Squadron Leader Nathaniel Ivan Straus 250759 (Mentioned in Despatches)
Flight Lieutenant Charles David Parry-Okeden 404485
Flight Sergeant William Anthony Jordan Rodgers 436889
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