LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer John Donald CADELL
Service No: 402344
Born: Tenterfield NSW, 12 March 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 August 1940
Unit: No. 459 Squadron, Landing Ground 226, Egypt
Died: Air Operations (No. 459 Squadron Hudson aircraft V8994), Mediterranean, 18 August 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Donald James William and Fanny Cadell
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Column 265, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 106, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: St Albans Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Lindfield NSW
Remembered: Ku-ring-gai World War II Book of Remembrance, Gordon NSW
On 18 August 1942, the crew of V8994 were tasked to conduct an anti-submarine patrol to the north of Port Said, Egypt. The aircraft failed to return and nothing is known of the fate of its crew. The crew members of V8994 were:
Pilot Officer John Donald Cadell (402344) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant David Stanley Neal (400904) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Arthur George Schwager (402008) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant James Barry Lahey Sullivan (403151) (Navigator)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9816, 145 (No. 459 Squadron Unit History)
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Kane-Maguire L. (Leon) Desert Scorpions: 459 Squadron RAAF 1942-1945, Australian Military History Publications Loftus NSW 2232, 2007
Vincent, D. (David) The RAAF Hudson Story Book 1, D. Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1989