Errol Martin KAVANAGH

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KAVANAGH, Errol Martin

Service Number:	O2094
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	HMAS Melbourne (I)
Born:	Millicent, South Australia, 2 July 1944
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pilot
Died:	Accidental (air crash), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 13 March 1993, aged 48 years
Cemetery:	Hall General Cemetery, A.C.T. Buried on 17 Mar 1993 (allotment index: 1-1-025 Catholic section)
Memorials:

Vietnam War Service

31 May 1965:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, O2094
31 May 1965:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, O2094, HMAS Melbourne (I)
25 Apr 1966:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, O2094
25 May 1966:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, O2094

Bio - Errol Martin Kavanagh

He was born in South Australia in 1944. In 1962 he joined the RAN and gained his wings two years later, flying the Fairey Gannet an Anti-Submarine aircraft. He later converted to A4 Skyhawks and became a Qualified Flying Instructor.

His naval career was distinguished and very much operational. In 1976 he was the Commanding Officer of HMAS Ibis, a Ton Class Minesweeper. He left the RAN as a Commander in 1987, and joined Qantas in 1989. For some years he was involved in raising money for the ACT Society for the Physically Handicapped and it was at the 1993 fund raising event that Errol tragically lost his life when the Mig15 aircraft he was flying caught fire and crashed.

The Errol Kavanagh Memorial Oval in Narrabundah ACT is named after him.

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