Christopher Vincent MADIGAN

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MADIGAN, Christopher Vincent

Service Number:	408856
Enlisted:	20 June 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton
Born:	Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1915
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Flying Accident ( aircraft collision), Tadji Island, New Guinea, 15 November 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot GG. Row C. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...DEARLY LOVED AND EVER REMEMBERED...R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 408856, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
20 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
20 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 408856, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
29 Oct 1945:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Madigan 408856 was killed when his aircraft crashed on the landing approach to Tadji airstrip

He was flying Kittyhawk A29-1210 from Morotai to Wagga as part of the Number 1 Aircraft Depot (Laverton) Ferry Flight when it collided in mid-air with A29-527

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