GATES, Brian Metcalfe
Service Number: | 14827 |
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Enlisted: | 29 April 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1920 |
Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchadist |
Died: | Enemy Mine explosion, Marble Arch airfield, Libya, 18 December 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya Plot 6. Row D. Grave 18. Local Roll of Honour - Narara, New South Wales , Benghazi War Cemetery, Benghazi province, Libya |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 14827 | |
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29 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 14827 | |
29 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 14827, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
18 Dec 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 14827, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
On 18/12/42 one of the members of the 3SQN advance ground crew jumped out of their truck on to an enemy 'S' mine at Marble Arch Landing Ground - 3 men were killed outright with 2 others passing away soon after. Buried at Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya are:
Maurice Thompson 7170 / Tommy Waugh 37197 / Les Horne 40506
Brian Gates 14827 died en route to hospital by air
George Bartsch 39549 died on 21/12/42 in Benghazi Hospital