Gordon Francis BLANCH

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BLANCH, Gordon Francis

Service Number:	420827
Enlisted:	5 December 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units
Born:	Eulabil, New South Wales, Australia, 10 March 1923
Home Town:	Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, Mareeba, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, 12 June 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland Plot A, Row B, Grave 4 , Atherton War Cemetery, Atherton, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 420827
5 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 420827, RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units

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Biography

Son of Francis Bentley Blanch and Eileen Madge Blanch, of South Casino, New South Wales.

Rank - Sergeant

2 Embarkation Depot

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Frank Lawrence Parton 32589 (Pilot) and Sergeant Gordon Francis Blanch 420827 (Navigator) of Number 5 Squadron were killed when Wirraway A20-289 entered a flick stall during an A/A exercise and crashed at Mareeba in tropical north Queensland

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