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