Eric Harry (Henry) GAGGIN

GAGGIN, Eric Harry

Service Number: 425000
Enlisted: 7 December 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 March 1916
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Belgium, 13 May 1944, aged 28 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Panel 258.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 425000

World War 1 Service

7 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 425000, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD

World War 2 Service

7 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 425000

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harry Walsh Gaggin and Olga Gaggin of Bulimba, QLD

Husband of Florence Muriel Gaggin of Brisbane, QLD. Father of Dawn Beverley Gaggin

Plane was Halifax LV826 which crashed into the sea. Rank at the time of  death was Pilot Officer and he was attached to the 466 Squadron