BUTLER, Joseph Gipson
| Service Number: | 408820 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1941, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1919 |
| Home Town: | Tallangatta, Towong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Garage Mechanic |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 20 April 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery Plot C, Row B, Grave 14, Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour, Tallangatta RSL War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, SN 408820 | |
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| 23 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, SN 408820, Melbourne, Victoria |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Mid-air collision of RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-197 & A16-183 of Number 2 Squadron shortly after take-off from Millingimbi airstrip, NT
Crew of A16-197 killed:
Flying Officer Jack Laws 412979 - Son of Frederick Joseph and Mabel Ethel Laws of Coolah, NSW
Pilot Officer Joseph Gipson Butler 408820 - Son of Benjamin Gipson Butler and Alice Josephine Butler of Tallangatta, Victoria
Pilot Officer William Julius Henderson Gove 401636 - Son of Robert Vivian and Vera Masden Drayton Gove & Husband of Patricia Walcott Gove of Toorak, Victoria
Flying Officer Keith Edmund Daniel 402852 - Son of Edmund Blair Wentworth Daniel and Ruby Annie Daniel & Husband of Ailsa Sutton Daniel of Wahroonga, NSW
Flight Sergeant Thomas William Wilson 408899 - Son of Thomas and Jean Hunter Wilson of Geelong West, Victoria
Crew of A16-183 killed:
Flying Officer Keith Rossly Mills 405637 - Son of Andrew Samuel and Laura Mills of Brisbane, Queensland
Pilot Officer Trevor William Bassan 411985 - Son of William Herbert and Catherine Bassan & Husband of Edna May Bassan of Rozelle, NSW
Sergeant Harold Herbert Keith Hadley 411904 - Son of Frederick Herbert and Ada Mary Hadley of Mona Vale, NSW
Pilot Officer John Loughman Barnes 404946 - Son of Harold Claude and Constance Charlotte Barnes & Husband of Nena Bryden Barnes of Mitchell, Queensland
Flying Officer Noel Edward John 409551 - Son of Edward and Grace John of Burwood, NSW
Biography
Plane was Hudsons A16-193 crashed near Millimgimbie, Australia. An explosion ws heard soon after the aircraft took off at 0610 and it crashed into a clupl of trees
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