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RIDING, Douglas Carson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 177 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1937 |
| Last Rank: | Wing Commander |
| Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Coffs Harbour New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1916 |
| Home Town: | Point Cook, Wyndham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Permanent AIr Force |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Timor Area, Netherlands East Indies, 17 November 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Adelaide RIver War Memorial, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coffs Harbour Surf Life Saving Club WW2 Pictorial Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, RAAF Point Cook | |
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| 18 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, 177 | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, 177, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45, Roll of honour import shows (incorrectly) No. 30 Squadron which was at that time in New Guinea. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of William Horace Toolleen Riding and Mary Margaret Riding
Husband of Margaret Lauder Riding of Strathfield, NSW
Wing Commander Douglas Carson Riding 177 & Warrant Officer Robert Douglas Clarke 1831 AFM (Air Force Medal) were killed in the loss of RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-46 of Number 31 Squadron at sea off Cape Batoe Poetih, Timor Island
Both men are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
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