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World War Two commenced on 3 September 1939 and ended in Europe on 8 May 1945 (VE Day), and in the Pacific on 14 August 1945 (VP Day), the AIF was disbanded on 30 June 1947. There were thousands of servicemen who passed through the Camden area between 1939 and 1946 at the various defence facilities. The major military establishments were the Narellan Military Camp on the Northern Road at Narellan, and the Eastern Command Training School at Studley Park, Narellan. Many army units also undertook manoeuvres throughout the area and there were temporary encampments in a number of other locations including Camden Showground, Smeaton Grange and Menangle Paceway. The principal RAAF establishment was located at Camden aerodrome, with secondary airfields at The Oaks and Menangle Paceway. As well, there were a number of emergency runways constructed throughout the local area. The RAF also had a number of squadrons based at Camden airfield between 1944 and 1946. Many of those who enlisted in the Camden district probably had little to do with the area except for the fact that they came here to enlist and most likely had their initial training for the Army and Air force at one of the training establishments. That they were here is ample reason to honour them on Camden Remembers. Camden War Cemetery, located in the Camden General Cemetery contains twenty three burials comprising four Australian Army, two Royal Air Force and seventeen Royal Australian Air Force personnel. Most of those buried here died in three separate air training accidents. Fifty one of the names of those who died are recorded on a bronze plaque on the Soldiers' Memorial in Macarthur Park. Those and the names of others who died are listed below. Click here for a list of all the men and women who volunteered and served in World War Two. Click on the links below to view a Memorial Scroll for each person. Links and names will be added as they become available. |
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| ADAMS, Leonard Geoffrey (Signalman NX118546) |
| ALCORN, John Gow (Warrant Officer Class 2 NX148530) |
| ALLSOPP, Raymond Jesse (Captain NX104023) |
| ARCHER, Laurence Warner (Sergeant NX101625) |
| AULD, Robert James (Private NX31973) |
| BAXTER, Eric Joseph (Gunner NX6903) |
| BAXTER, John Arthur (Private NX202648) |
| BEER, Eric Clarence (Flight Lieutenant 253615) |
| BEGG, Robert Keith John (Private N171154) |
| BIGGS, F S (RAF Warrant Officer 365157) |
| BOOTH, Edward James (Private NX54448) |
| BOYD, James William (Private NX49963) |
| BRAY, William Henry (Aircraftman 1st Class 141632) |
| BUTLER, Harold Percival (Corporal NX55560) |
| CARLING, Francis (Private NX24954) |
| CARROLL, Neville (Flying Officer 27513) |
| CARVETH, Arthur John (Private NX23210) |
| CHAPMAN, Arthur William (Corporal NX27779) |
| CHAPMAN, Colin Kenneth (Private NX72773) |
| CHRISTIE, Ronald Cecil (Flight Sergeant 410630) |
| CLARK, James (Squadron Leader 402439 DFC AFC MID) |
| CLISSOLD, John Joseph (Private NX24769) |
| CODLIN, John Morton (Sergeant NX68401) |
| COLMAN, Samuel Francis (Sergeant NX81106) |
| COOTE, William John Francis (Flight Lieutenant 253938) |
| CRANE, Neville Clem (Private NX20615) |
| CRANFIELD, Astley Arthur (Flight Sergeant 420155) |
| CRETTENDEN, Henry Ernest (Lance Corporal NX33947) |
| DOWLE, Maurice W (Warrant Officer NX65421) |
| DOWNES, Rupert Frederick Arding (Sergeant 402660) |
| DURRANT, R W (Flying Officer 422555) |
| FALLON, Harold Augustus (Private QX18021) |
| FANNING, F N (Sergeant 419465) |
| GANDER, Horace Arthur (Private NX50592) |
| GARBUTT, D R (Private NX57594) |
| GRANVILLE, Richard John Cecil (Sergeant 403923) |
| GRINSTEAD, Harry George (Warrant Officer 2nd Class NX126686) |
| GUNN, Francis Orchard (Gunner NX28052) |
| HAIGH, John Douglas (Private NX193328) |
| HIDER, Robert Henery (Flight Officer 433672) |
| HOOLE, Elwyn Sidney (Craftsman NX97717) |
| HOSHER, R A C (Flight Sergeant 412535) |
| JAMES, D R (Sergeant 418721) |
| JENKINS, William Arthur James (Private NX169500) |
| JOHNS, H B L (Flight Sergeant 407122) |
| JOHNSON, Edgar Griffiths (Sergeant 403813) |
| JOHNSTON, H B (Flight Sergeant 420024) |
| KERRIGAN, J P (Corporal 62397) |
| LAWSON, G T (Sergeant 412545) |
| LEE, Norman (Private NX14594) |
| MACARTHUR-ONSLOW, Andrew William (Flight Lieutenant 261535) |
| MCGRATH, Ernest Henry (Private NX54836) |
| MCMAHON, John (Gunner N375721) |
| MEREDITH, John Charles (Private NX51971) |
| MULLEN, A (RAF Leading Aircraftsman 1526778) |
| O'DEA, Donald John (Flying Officer 408590) |
| O'LOUGHLAN, Geoffrey J (Private NX2555) |
| OTTLEY, J (Lieutenant NX34249) |
| PATTISON, John MacGregor Maughan (Flying Officer 400630) |
| PEARSON, B C J (Sergeant 402978) |
| PETRE, Bernard Thomas (Gunner NX134831) |
| PRATT, John David (Flight Sergeant 432727) |
| RAFTERY, Bernard Patrick (Corporal 33032) |
| REILLY, Kevin William (Flying Officer 424799) |
| ROBERTS, Herbert Ashton (Private NX65983) |
| SCOTT, S K (Flight Sergeant 402996) |
| SHARPLES, R A (Sergeant 419226) |
| SIMS, Robert John (Ordinary Seaman S5253) |
| SMETHURST, S W (Sergeant 418014) |
| STANTON, Charles (Lieutenant NX7550) |
| STUCKEY, Victor (Pilot Officer 429001) |
| TATE, Colin (Flight Sergeant 428810) |
| TERRILL, H S J (Flight Sergeant 419426) |
| VOYZEY, G D (Flight Sergeant 402930) |
| WALKER, Leonard Charles (Private V235527) |
| WHELLER, H D (Flying Officer 426409) |
| WILL, Alexander Harold (Flight Sergeant 420093) |
| WILLIAMS, E W S (Major MID) |
| WILLIAMSON, Leslie Clarence (Flight Sergeant 424811) |
| WOOD, Cyril Augustine (Private NX10164) |
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