LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Edgar Bowman WADDY
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
SService No: 32039 (RAF)
Born: 1905, Waratah District NSW
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable (Possibly 15 May 1931)
Discharged from the RAF: 21 December 1943
Unit at Discharge: Unavailable
Died: Date unavailable
Buried: Location unknown
CWGC Additional Information: Not listed
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Brother of Squadron Leader John Lloyd Waddy DFC (402685) RAAF Service: 18 September 1940 – 17 September 1945 (Discharged)
On 21 December 1943, Squadron Leader Waddy, an Officer of the General Duties Branch, relinquished his commission due to ill health but retained his rank. (London Gazette)
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
London Gazette
Notes:
NSW Register of Births: Edgar Bowman Waddy, Born Waratah District 1905 – Parents Edgar Lloyd (Died 1963) and Lottchen Sara (Died: 1968)
Trove (Truth Newspaper Sunday 13 November 1938): Married Kathleen Edith Cox in London on 12 November 1938.