CRAWLEY, Charles Douglas
| Service Number: | 41380 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 12 January 1916 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant ) 8 Km NE of Breda Holland, 15 May 1940, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Oosterhout Protestant Cemetery Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer, 41380, Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Eustace Finlay Crawley and Margaret Crawley, of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia B.A. Hons. (University of Melbourne).
Handley Page Hampden I P4286 KM- 44 Squadron (Rhodesia)
Crashed at Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant ) 8 Km NE of Breda Holland.
ONE OF THE FEW TO WHOM SO MANY OWE SO MUCH
VICTORIAN PILOT'S DEATH
Mr. and Mrs. E. Crawley, of Elwood, have been notified by the Air Ministry, London, that a report had been received from the International Red Cross Committee, through the Dutch Red Cross Society, stating that their son, Plt-Off Charles Douglas Crawley, who had been missing since May 15 1940, was buried at Oostcrhout, near S Hertogenbosch, Holland. He was aged 24, and was educated at Scotch College and the Melbourne University, where he obtained his BA hons.
He left Australia in August, 1939, being one of 25 selected for training by the British Government as an officer in the RAF.
Biography contributed by Roderick Besier
Charles Douglas Crawley. 12.01.1916 - 15.05.1940.
No Service Numbers on WW2 Nominal Roll & NAA RAAF WW2 Records.
CWGC site show 41380 RAF Sqdn.
RAAF Museum site show 41380 (RAF) Observer.
RAF Commands site show Pilot with RAF symbol.
Page 8 of London Gazette issue 34705 dated 10.10.1939 shows Charles Douglas Crawley 41380 appointment as a Pilot Officer (RAF) effective from 06.10.1939.
WW2 Nominal Roll. Service. RAAF. Service No. 41380. Flight Sergeant Charles Joseph Walsh.
NAA WW2 RAAF 41380 Charles Joseph Walsh Dob: 23.1.1916
VIC BDM: B: Chas Douglas Crawley. M: Margt. Mitchell. F: Chas Eustace Finlay. PoB: Elsternwick. 1916. Reg.no. 2959/1916.
Parents Marriage: Chas Eustace Finlay Crawley and Margt. Mitchell. 1910. reg no. 1822/1910.
Father: B: Chas Eustace Finlay Crawley. M: Georgina Anne Chandler. F:George Eustace. PoB: Pres. 1879. Reg no. 11290/1879.
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