LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Lord MADEN
Service No: 18686
Born: Manchester, England, 3 September 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 September 1940 (at Melbourne VIC)
Discharged from the RAAF: 13 March 1943
Unit: at Discharge No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School, Benalla VIC
Died: Illness, Victoria, 22 February 1945, Aged 38 Years
Buried: Yea Public Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Lord Maden and Gertrude Mary Louisa Maden; husband of Janet Florence Maden, of Yea
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 23 March 1942, Leading Aircraftman Maden, a Fitter II Airframe, was admitted to No. 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, dangerously ill. He was taken off the seriously ill list on 23 December 1942 and discharged from the RAAF as medically unfit for further service the following year.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/141/530