FREETH, Gordon
| Service Number: | 415864 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman 2 (WW2) |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Angaston, South Australia , 6 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Guildford Grammar School - Melbourne University (Law degree) |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Stroke, Perth Western Australia , 27 November 2001, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 415864, Perth, WA | |
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| 1 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415864 |
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Gordon Freeth (MP [Forrest, WA], LIB, 1949–1969)
Having previously served in the militia with the 8th Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Gordon Freeth transferred to the RAAF on 1 March 1942. Between February 1943 and March 1944 Freeth was posted to the General Reconnaissance School, first at Cressy, then Bairnsdale.[86] In July 1944 Freeth moved to No. 6 Squadron, which operated in New Britain and Rabaul in particular.[87] Having flown over 60 sorties between August 1944 and May 1945 in both Anson and Beaufort aircraft, he left the RAAF in September 1945 with the rank of flight lieutenant.[88]
During his parliamentary career he served from 1958 to 1963 in the ministries for the Interior and for Works; from 1961 to 1963 as Minister Assisting the Attorney-General; from 1963 to 1968 as Minister for Shipping and Transport; from 1968 to 1969 as Minister Assisting the Treasurer and Minister for Air; and in 1969 as Minister for External Affairs
(extract from www.aph.gov.au)
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