Flight Sergeant Eugene Candish served in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II Service started: 19 July 1941 Unit(s): 460 Squadron Service ended: 5 May 1943
Eugene Candish is a Military Veteran. Served in the Royal Australian Air Force 1941-1943. Rank at discharge: Flight Sergeant.
15831 Eugene Candish was killed in action over Germany. during World War II.
CANDISH, EUGENE JOHN served with the Royal Australian Air Force; Service Number: 412479[2]; attached to the 460 Squadron attaining the rank of Flight Sergeant. Eugene enlisted on Saturday, 19 July 1941 at WALLSEND, NSW and was killed in action over Germany on Wednesday, 5 May 1943. [3]
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 22 May 1943, Page 6, MISSING IN AIR OPERATIONS.Sergeant Observer Eugene John[4].
Eugene John Candish
MISSING IN AIR OPERATIONS
Sergeant Observer Eugene John Candish, only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Candish of Cowper-street. Wallsend, has been reported missing after R.A.F. air operations over Germany on the night of May 4. He was a member of a Lancaster bomber crew.
Sergeant Candish. who is in his 22nd year, completed his training in England. Before going to England, he was in New Zealand, following the earlier stages of his training, in Victoria and South Australia. On the R.A.A.F. reserve list, he was called up for enlistment in July, 1941, and went overseas about a year later. Before enlisting he was employed in his father's service station. He was educated under his father, formerly a schoolmaster, and later at Maitland Boys' High School.
Eugene passed away[5] on Wednesday, 5th May 1943 at Germany, aged 21 years, 11 months, 8 days, and is interred[6] at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleves, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Plot III, Row A, Grave 4.
↑Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 06 Jan 2022), Index entry for CANDISH EUGENE J; Parents: HAROLD S & RUBY A; District: BOWRAL; Registration Number: 16520/1921
↑World War Two Service (Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs : accessed 28 May 2022), Veteran Details for CANDISH, EUGENE JOHN for Service with the Royal Australian Air Force. Service Number: 412479; Rank: Flight Sergeant; Enlistment from 19 July 1941 to 5 May 1943
↑ 1943 'MISSING IN AIR OPERATIONS', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 May, p. 6. , viewed 06 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140445946
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