PARRY-OKEDEN, Charles David
| Service Number: | 404485 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16 January 1913 |
| Home Town: | Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Church of England Preparatory, Toowoomba & Church of England Grammar School, Brisbane |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo, Coonabula Station Manager, Eidsvold, Queensland, Australia |
| Died: | Aircraft crashed during an Operational Mission, Vansittart Bay, Western Australia, Australia, 23 March 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia. Plot G. Row D. Grave 13. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chinchilla RSL Remembrance Wall |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Charles Fitzmaurice Parry-Okeden and Vera Nugent Parry-Okeden of Redcliffe, Queensland
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 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
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
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