Parents:--- Son (only child)of Keith Burton Gaden and Maud Olga Margaret Kent married 5th April 1915 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Wife:--- Husband of Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, married 23rd March 1940 in St Augustines, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland. After his death Barbara married Thurlough James Cornelius O'Bryen on 17th August 1944 in Toowong, Queensland. Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, born 1918 in Wellington, New Zealand and died 6th September 2002 in Toowong, Queensland.
~~~Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF~~~~
Transcript of military service for RAAF, Service Number:--- 289
Born:--- Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1916
Final Rank:--- Flight Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Home Town:--- Mosman, New South Wales
Civil employment:--- University Student
Fate:--- Killed in action in air operations,Sollum, Egypt, on 13th December 1940. (Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden (# 289) of 3SQN RAAF was shot down near Sollum in the Egyptian Western Desert while flying Gloster Gladiator biplane N5765)
Burial:--- Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour
Remembered:--- Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- St Clements World War II Roll of Honour, Mosman NSW
Remembered:--- University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
Details of final mission:---On 13th December 1940, Gladiator N5765 flown by Flight Lieutenant Gaden was one of a number of Gladiators engaged in air combat with enemy aircraft and outnumbered by about 7 to 1. Flight Lieutenant Gaden is believed to have engaged and shot down an enemy aircraft which in turn shot him down and he was found dead in his crashed aircraft.
Wife:--- Husband of Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, married 23rd March 1940 in St Augustines, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland. After his death Barbara married Thurlough James Cornelius O'Bryen on 17th August 1944 in Toowong, Queensland. Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, born 1918 in Wellington, New Zealand and died 6th September 2002 in Toowong, Queensland.
~~~Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF~~~~
Transcript of military service for RAAF, Service Number:--- 289
Born:--- Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1916
Final Rank:--- Flight Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Home Town:--- Mosman, New South Wales
Civil employment:--- University Student
Fate:--- Killed in action in air operations,Sollum, Egypt, on 13th December 1940. (Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden (# 289) of 3SQN RAAF was shot down near Sollum in the Egyptian Western Desert while flying Gloster Gladiator biplane N5765)
Burial:--- Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour
Remembered:--- Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- St Clements World War II Roll of Honour, Mosman NSW
Remembered:--- University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
Details of final mission:---On 13th December 1940, Gladiator N5765 flown by Flight Lieutenant Gaden was one of a number of Gladiators engaged in air combat with enemy aircraft and outnumbered by about 7 to 1. Flight Lieutenant Gaden is believed to have engaged and shot down an enemy aircraft which in turn shot him down and he was found dead in his crashed aircraft.
Parents:--- Son (only child)of Keith Burton Gaden and Maud Olga Margaret Kent married 5th April 1915 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Wife:--- Husband of Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, married 23rd March 1940 in St Augustines, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland. After his death Barbara married Thurlough James Cornelius O'Bryen on 17th August 1944 in Toowong, Queensland. Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, born 1918 in Wellington, New Zealand and died 6th September 2002 in Toowong, Queensland.
~~~Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF~~~~
Transcript of military service for RAAF, Service Number:--- 289
Born:--- Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1916
Final Rank:--- Flight Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Home Town:--- Mosman, New South Wales
Civil employment:--- University Student
Fate:--- Killed in action in air operations,Sollum, Egypt, on 13th December 1940. (Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden (# 289) of 3SQN RAAF was shot down near Sollum in the Egyptian Western Desert while flying Gloster Gladiator biplane N5765)
Burial:--- Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour
Remembered:--- Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- St Clements World War II Roll of Honour, Mosman NSW
Remembered:--- University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
Details of final mission:---On 13th December 1940, Gladiator N5765 flown by Flight Lieutenant Gaden was one of a number of Gladiators engaged in air combat with enemy aircraft and outnumbered by about 7 to 1. Flight Lieutenant Gaden is believed to have engaged and shot down an enemy aircraft which in turn shot him down and he was found dead in his crashed aircraft.
Wife:--- Husband of Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, married 23rd March 1940 in St Augustines, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland. After his death Barbara married Thurlough James Cornelius O'Bryen on 17th August 1944 in Toowong, Queensland. Barbara Evelyn Malfroy, born 1918 in Wellington, New Zealand and died 6th September 2002 in Toowong, Queensland.
~~~Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF~~~~
Transcript of military service for RAAF, Service Number:--- 289
Born:--- Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1916
Final Rank:--- Flight Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Home Town:--- Mosman, New South Wales
Civil employment:--- University Student
Fate:--- Killed in action in air operations,Sollum, Egypt, on 13th December 1940. (Flight Lieutenant Charles Burton Gaden (# 289) of 3SQN RAAF was shot down near Sollum in the Egyptian Western Desert while flying Gloster Gladiator biplane N5765)
Burial:--- Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour
Remembered:--- Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- St Clements World War II Roll of Honour, Mosman NSW
Remembered:--- University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
Details of final mission:---On 13th December 1940, Gladiator N5765 flown by Flight Lieutenant Gaden was one of a number of Gladiators engaged in air combat with enemy aircraft and outnumbered by about 7 to 1. Flight Lieutenant Gaden is believed to have engaged and shot down an enemy aircraft which in turn shot him down and he was found dead in his crashed aircraft.
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