Henry Arthur Morphett (Hank) GUNSON

GUNSON, Henry Arthur Morphett

Service Number: 416955
Enlisted: 8 November 1941
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 13 June 1917
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 10 June 1995, aged 77 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

8 Nov 1941: Involvement Flying Officer, 416955
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Adelaide
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416955
1 May 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
17 Jan 1946: Discharged
17 Jan 1946: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Dr John Bernard Gunson and Annie Elizabeth Gunson of Toorak Gardens, SA

His death was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald 13 June 1995 “formerly of Adelaide”

His brother, Flying Officer Alan William Morphett Gunson 417178 also served in the RAAF - KIA 21 Sep 1943 with 10SQN RAAF

Their cousins also served in the RAAF - Flight Lieutenant Norman Peter Coles Gunson DFC 407424 (flew with 22SQN RAAF - survived the war) & Flying Officer Paul Coles Gunson 407436 (KIA in 13SQN RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-243)

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