GAUNT, Henry Harrington
Service Number: | 406899 |
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Enlisted: | 21 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Albany, Western Australia, 1 March 1920 |
Home Town: | Kojonup, Kojonup, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Australia, 21 November 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 9, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jingalup War Memorial, Kojonup RSL War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
21 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406899, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) | |
21 Nov 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406899, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Sydney Harrington Gaunt and Mary Howell Gaunt
Husband of Lesley Andree Gaunt of Kojonup, Western Australia
RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-145 of 31 Squadron crashed at Junction Bay, NT killing both crewmen:
Flight Sergeant Henry Harrington Gaunt 406899 who is commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing
Pilot Officer Trevor John Jones 425671 who is buried in Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT