| Date of birth |
1911-07-28 |
Lewisham, NSW. |
| Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) |
1940-05-27 |
Joined RAAF. |
| Other |
1941-01 |
Served in the Middle East with No 250 Squadron RAF. |
| Other |
1941-08-29 |
Wounded in action. |
| Date promoted |
1941-11 |
Flight commander. |
| Other |
1941-12-05 |
Shot down five Ju 87s in a single engagement. |
| Date of honour or award |
1941-12-26 |
Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar simultaneously. |
| Date promoted |
1942-01 |
Appointed squadron leader and took command of No 112 Squadron RAF flying Kittyhawks. |
| Date promoted |
1942-06 |
Appointed group captain and command of No 1 Fighter Wing based in Darwin. |
| Date of honour or award |
1942-08-02 |
Polish Croix Des Valliants. |
| Other |
1943-08 |
Left No 1 Fighter Wing based in Darwin. |
| Date of honour or award |
1943-10-14 |
Distinguished Service Order. |
| Other |
1944-05 |
Returned to operational duties commanding No 80 Wing out of Darwin and Morotai. No 80 Wing was confined to strafing and bombing ground targets. |
| Other |
1945-04 |
In the 'Morotai mutiny' Caldwell and seven other officers tendered their resignations in protest against the RAAF's role in the latter stages of the war. |
| Date of discharge |
1946-03-05 |
Caldwell resigned from the RAAF. |
| Date of death |
1994-08-05 |
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