Wharton Owen GAZE

GAZE, Wharton Owen

Service Number: 409069
Enlisted: 21 July 1941, Perth, WA
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 40 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Katanning, WA, 5 April 1922
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Sicily, Sicily, Italy, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, 13 August 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Syracuse War Cemetery
Coll. grave VIII. H. 11-12
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Borden Memorial, Gnowangerup War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409069
21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409069, No. 40 Squadron (RAAF), Perth, WA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William Owen and Beryl Lynne Gaze, of Gnowangerup, Western Australia.

WE WILL REMEMBER

Killed in Air Operations over Messina.