DIX, Gordon Edward
| Service Number: | 401423 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | 2 Medical Air Evacuation and Transport Unit |
| Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, 6 June 1919 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, Australia, 25 August 1944, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia Geraldton War Cemetery, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 401423 | |
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| 3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401423 | |
| 25 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401423, 2 Medical Air Evacuation and Transport Unit |
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Gannet aircraft A14-4 from Number 2 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF crashed at Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia while on a medical flight with all on board killed:
Flying Officer Gordon Edward Dix 401423 (Pilot)
Sergeant Norman Catton 21710 (Wireless Operator)
Squadron Leader John Clive Sangster 281703 (Medical Officer)
3 Die in Mercy Plane
Doctor, pilot and a sergeant, all members of the R.A.A.F. were killed on. Friday when their A14-4 Gannett ambulance plane crashed into the Indian Ocean (Exmouth Gulf) shortly after it had set out on a mercy journey.
The plane, an R.A.A.F. ambulance, was to have brought medical attention to a civilian urgently in need of it.
Killed were: Squadron Leader J. C. Sangster, medical officer, of Adelaide; Flying Officer G. E. Dix, of Melbourne, Sergeant N. Catton, of Sydney.
Piloted by Flying Officer Dix, the plane had taken off from an R.A.A.F. establishment to bring help to a civilian at Argyle Downs Station (about 110 miles south-east of Wyndham).
In the crash the occupants were killed instantly.
The plane and the bodies were later recovered.
Deaths - On Active Service
DIX. –On August 25, in aircraft accident, Exmouth Gulf, Gordon Edward, Flying Officer, dearly loved elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dix, and brother of Alex, 1 Dawson avenue, Elwood, S.3.
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