Ronald Dillon GANNON

GANNON, Ronald Dillon

Service Number: 405548
Enlisted: 25 April 1941, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No.104 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 25 May 1920
Home Town: Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland
Schooling: Augathella State School, Pittsworth State School, Queensland Agricultural High School and College
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Flying Battle, North Africa, 14 October 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Alamein Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 405548
25 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 405548, No.104 Squadron (RAF), Brisbane, Qld.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Robert and Susan Florence Gannon, of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Sub-Inspector J. R. Gannon has received official advice from' the Army Department stating that his son, Flight Sergeant R. D. Gannon, is presumed to be dead. Flight-Sergeant  Gannon was lost in October last year in an operational flight in the Middle East.