Eddison, Frank Leslie Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Frank Leslie Herbert |
Surname | Eddison |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 09-05-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Herbert and Marion Louisa Osbaldeston Eddison, of "Yamba", Woden, ACT, Australia. Husband of Jill Eddison (née Nelder). Married in 1940. Father of Marion and Pam Eddison (later Douglas and Yonge respectively) |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | R1226 |
Markings | BU-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 32. C. 2. |
Epitaph | ULTOR IN UMBRIS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 159 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 39377 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
This was to have been his last operation with 214 Squadron |
Born 24 November 1911 in Hampshire, England. Attended the Queanbeyan Publich School, Canberra Grammar School and Telopea Park Intermediate High School. |
Worked as a farmer. Served in the Palestine Police 1934-1936 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/6346 (P358977/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-05-1941 |
End Date | 09-05-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Crashed close to Den Helder, Holland |