Aloysius Patrick GILMORE

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GILMORE, Aloysius Patrick

Service Number:	116103
Enlisted:	16 September 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 21 July 1924
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Port Pirie, South Australia, Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, 20 May 1943, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia Plot C. Row D. Grave 10, Port Pirie General Cemetery, Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Jamestown and District WW2 Honour Roll, Port Pirie RAAF L5640 Crash Site, Port Pirie RAAF Memorial and Flagpoles

World War 2 Service

16 Sep 1942:	Involvement 116103
16 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
16 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 116103
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Loss of Fairey Battle L5640 of 2 Bombing & Gunnery School near Port Pirie, SA

All crew killed: Sergeant Lessel John Hampstead (Pilot) 421805 / Leading Aircraftman Aloysius Patrick Gilmore (Drogue Operator) 116103 / Leading Aircraftman Gordon Leslie Dore (Aircraft Fitter / Armourer being instructed in Drogue operations) 46528

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Reginald and Alma Mary Gilmore, of Rosewater.

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