Gordon Ronald CAMPBELL

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CAMPBELL, Gordon Ronald

Service Number:	420137
Enlisted:	11 October 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 20 August 1921
Home Town:	Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 March 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales F B 2, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 420137
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 420137

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-516 and A20-104 from 24SQN collided in mid-air with both pilots killed: Sergeant Gordon Ronald Campbell 420137 (A20-516) and Sergeant Colin Cameron Martin 420023 (A20-104)

Both passengers survived: Sergeant Douglas James Pearce Hanbury 420747 (A20-516 - discharged from the RAAF in September 1945) & Flight Lieutenant Thomas George Britton 266505 (A20-104 - discharged from the RAAF in December 1945)

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