A RAAF Lockheed Hudson crashed at Ceduna in South Australia on 17 January 1942, killing 6 personnel on board.

The following RAAF personnel died in Australia on 17 January 1942:-

ADELAIDE (CENTENNIAL PARK) CEMETERY, South Australia
17.1.42 407383 Sgt Frederick Archibald Walker, RAAF, 6Sqn, 23. Accidentally killed, Ceduna. Son of Thomas William and Isabel Christine Walker; husband of Phyllis Minetta Walker of Goodwood. Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery.

BALLARAT (OLD) GENERAL CEMETERY, Victoria
17.1.42 401557 Sgt Robert William Westcott, RAAF, 6Sqn, 26. Accidentally killed, Ceduna. Son of Clarence William Valentine and Pearl May Westcott, of North Ballarat.

CEDUNA (MURAT BAY) PUBLIC CEMETERY, South Australia
17.1.42 223 Flt Lt David Burton Bradley, RAAF, 14Sqn, 24. Accidentally killed, Ceduna. Son of Clement Henry Burton Bradley and Edith Mabel Bradley, of Lavender Bay, NSW.

17.1.42 406714 Sgt Ronald Dow, RAAF, 1OTU (Nhill), 26. Accidentally killed, Ceduna. Son of William and Helen Dow; husband of Gwynneth Temple Dow, of South Perth, WA.

17.1.42 84 Sqn Ldr Gordon Stanley Laming, RAAF, 1 Training Gp (Pearce), 28. Accidentally killed, Ceduna. Son of George and Elizabeth Laming; husband of Elizabeth Patricia Laming, of Sunshine, Victoria.

17.1.42 23720 Cpl William Clyde Lindsay, RAAF, 1 Embarkation Depot (Melbourne), 30. Accidentally killed, Ceduna. Son of William Benjamin and Mary Josephine Lindsay, of Yuleba, Queensland.