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GAGGIN, Eric Harry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 425000 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 425000 |
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World War 1 Service
7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 425000, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
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World War 2 Service
7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 425000 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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