Gordon Thomas BEITZ

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Service Number:	414637
Enlisted:	8 November 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Roma, Queensland, Australia, 12 May 1921
Home Town:	Roma, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 14 September 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Muckadilla Harry Murray VC Remembrance Wall, Town of Roma & Shire of Bungil WW2 Roll of Honour, Town of Roma & Shire of Bungil WW2 Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 414637
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 414637
14 Sep 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 414637, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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Douglas DC2 A30-5 from Number 36 Squadron RAAF crashed near Seven Mile Runway, Moresby with all on board killed:

FOERS, Frank Harold (LAC) 40432 RAAF

DALLY, John Douglas (Sergeant) 413356 RAAF

DEVINE, Stewart (Flight Lieutenant) 347 RAAF

BEITZ, Gordon Thomas (Sergeant) 414637 RAAF

Master Sergeant Alber 600805 US Military

The loss of this aircraft is covered in the book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly