GEHRMAN, Ronald Edward
| Service Number: | 43071 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 22 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 4 May 1921 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant / Storeman Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies, 20 September 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Burial reference: - Plot 3. Row A. Joint Grave 12-13. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warwick Roll of Honour WWII, Warwick War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 43071 | |
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| 12 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 43071, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 20 Sep 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF), Lost in aircraft A-20G Boston A28-53. |
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Also known as GEHRMANN, Ronald Edward
Biography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Edward Gehrman and Ruby Elizabeth Butcher married 11 November 1919 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.
Ronald was one of three brothers who enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Sergeant Kenneth Joseph Gehrman: - 426871 (RAAF) died on 20th October 1943, when Wellington Bomber Z1717, took off from RAF Chipping Warden on a training flight. The aircraft overshot the airfield climbed to 1,000 feet and crashed at 2254 hrs, coming down near Culworth, 16 miles north west of Northampton. There were no survivors. He was 20.
Allan Lloyd Gehrman: - #435340 - Flight Sergeant (RAAF), survived the war and died in Townsville, Queensland on 24th July 1977.
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