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DAVIES, Gordon Atwood Tregaskis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 400365 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 September 1917 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assurance Clerk |
| Died: | Ground Accident, United Kingdom, 29 May 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot 4. Row L. Grave 21. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400365 | |
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| 18 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 400365 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400365, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Davies 400365 survived the crash of 460SQN Lancaster PB301 February 1945 and was taken POW by German forces
He was released at the end of the war in Europe and returned to the UK in May 1945 under the care of Number 11 (RAAF) PDRC [Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre] which occupied the Grand and Metropole Hotels in Brighton, Sussex, England
He died following a fall from a window at the Brighton Station Sick Quarters