On 7 December 1940 James enlisted to the Royal Australian Airforce at Adelaide, South Australia.[3]
On 27 July 1942, whilst in a flying battle over the North Sea of the Atlantic Ocean, James' plane crashed and he was killed.[4] He is memorialized at the Runnymede Memorial and at the Australian War Memorial.[5][6][4]
Sources
↑ "Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922"; Ancestry.com [database on-line]; James Humphry Caldwell, 1914; South Australia; F=Caldwell.
↑ National Archives Australia: 1056088 Service Record ; National Archives of Australia [images and database on-line]: Canberra, Australia; Department of Air, Central Office; Series: A9300, Correspondence files, multiple number (Melbourne) series (Primary numbers 1-323), 13 Nov 1939 - 31 Dec 1960; 163/95/328, CALDWELL James Humphrey - (Sergeant); Service Number - 407637; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Stirling; Place - Germany; Date - 27 July 1942. Digital copy available online.
↑ 4.04.1 "Sergeant James Humphrey Caldwell", Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #15246886, database and images (accessed 10 January 2019), memorial page for Sergeant James Humphrey Caldwell (unknown–27 Jul 1942), citing Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England ; Maintained by IWPP Custodial Account (contributor 48586138).
↑ "UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947"; Ancestry.com [database on-line]; Peter Singlehurst; The Runnymede Memorial Part 3; James Humphrey Caldwell, age 28; d. 27 Jul 1942; buried at The Runnymede Memorial Part II in England; F=James M=Olive Eva.
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