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GORDON, Ian Samuel
Personal Details
Service Number: | 402657 |
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Enlisted: | 18 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1917 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 1941, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Manly General Cemetery, NSW General Plot Section X Grave 40 (GRM/2), Manly General Cemetery, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 402657 | |
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18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 402657, Aircrew Training Units | |
18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 402657, No. 2 Service Flying Training School Forest Hill |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Wirraway aircraft A20-4 of Number 2 Service Flying Training School crashed near Wagga Wagga in NSW killing:
LAC Gordon 402657 - buried in Manly Cemetery, NSW
Pilot Officer Dodgshun 710 - buried in Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria