Gordon Harold WILSON

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WILSON, Gordon Harold

Service Numbers:	406497, NX49797
Enlisted:	6 January 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
Born:	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 27 February 1921
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Modern School, Western Australia, 1937-38
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Accident, Cheriton, Ontario, Canada, 25 July 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 406497, Aircrew Training Units
6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 406497
29 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX49797
25 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 406497, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, 9 Service Flying Training School RCAF killed in training accident

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman Gordon Harold Wilson 406497 RAAF of 9 SFTS Centralia RCAF was killed when Avro Anson 7291 crashed near Crediton in Ontario, Canada

Biography contributed by Robert Johnson

While undertaking flying training in Centralia, Ontario, Canada, Gordon was confined to barracks for seven days from 27 June 1943 when he was found "Guilty of neglect which resulted in damage to one of His Majesty's aircraft: while practising solo exercises in Anson 7360 allowed himself to carry out a landing striking a fence and damaging the aircraft to the extent of approximately $6,000."

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