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MACGOWAN, Thorburn Harcourt
Personal Details
Service Number: | 435154 |
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Enlisted: | 6 April 1943 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 12 June 1923 |
Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria War Graves Plot C. Row B. Grave 13, Mildura Public Cemetery, Mildura, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 435154 | |
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6 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura | |
6 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 435154 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Leslie Harcourt MacGowan and Beatrice Aimee MacGowan of Caulfield, Victoria
Pilot of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-153 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Mildura, Victoria