Gordon Leslie DORE

DORE, Gordon Leslie

    Service Number: 46528
    Enlisted: 23 February 1942
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Kirup, Western Australia, 26 March 1921
    Home Town: Kirup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental, Port Pirie, South Australia, Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, 20 May 1943, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia
    Plot C. Row D. Grave 11., Port Pirie General Cemetery, Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balingup War Memorial Clock, Donnybrook War Memorial, Kirup War Memorial, Port Pirie RAAF L5640 Crash Site, Port Pirie RAAF Memorial and Flagpoles
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 46528
    23 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 46528
    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 Charles E. Dore and Myrtle M. Dore, of Kirup, Western Australia

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