Henry Harrington GAUNT

GAUNT, Henry Harrington

    Service Number: 406899
    Enlisted: 21 May 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Albany, Western Australia, 1 March 1920
    Home Town: Kojonup, Kojonup, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Flying Battle, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Australia, 21 November 1943, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 9, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
    Memorials: Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jingalup War Memorial, Kojonup RSL War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    21 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
    24 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406899, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
    21 Nov 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406899, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Sydney Harrington Gaunt and Mary Howell Gaunt

    Husband of Lesley Andree Gaunt of Kojonup, Western Australia

     

    RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-145 of 31 Squadron crashed at Junction Bay, NT killing both crewmen:

    Flight Sergeant Henry Harrington Gaunt 406899 who is commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing

    Pilot Officer Trevor John Jones 425671 who is buried in Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT

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