GORRINGE, Douglas Lowther Eric
Service Number: | 408040 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 6 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Tea Tree, Tasmania, Australia., 26 October 1919 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 28 October 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 408040 | |
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15 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 408040 | |
28 Oct 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 408040, No. 6 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Douglas Lowther Eric GORRINGE was born in Tea Tree, Tasmania on 26th October, 1919
His parents were Eric Lowther John GORRINGE & Sylvia Kathleen BARWICK
He married Doreen Gloria MURPHY on 27th June 1942 in Victoria
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His father Eric Lowther John GORRINGE (SN 1776) served in the Army during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
His brother Rex Stephen GORRINGE (SN T22311) and (SN31705) served during WW2 in the Army and the RAAF