Norman Clive GERRARD

GERRARD, Norman Clive

Service Number: 401502
Enlisted: 28 February 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Gisborne, New Zealand, 22 December 1917
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, Atlantic Ocean, 11 August 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

28 Feb 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 401502
28 Feb 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401502
11 Aug 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401502, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Father Arthur Goulburn Gerrard (dec) and Mother Mary Gerrard (dec)

Brother: C A Gerrard, lived in 7 Glenorme Avenue, McKinnon, Victoria.

Norman had lived in Parkville, Victoria on enlisting.

28/2/1941     enlisted into RAAF in Melbourne, Victoria

*** service records need to be ordered through National Archives of Australia ***

28/11/1942   RAF Station, Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. Norman played in the
                    Rugby team representing RAF Station for year 1942-1943.

Dec. 1942     10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth,
                    England operating with Coastal Command in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Flight Lieutenant with 10 Squadron (RAAF overseas)

11/8/1943     killed in flying operation over the Atlantic Ocean 

No known grave

His name is commemorated on Panel 187 at the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede, Surrey, England.

His name is commemorated on Panel 99 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  3/7/2016.   Lest we forget.

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