Eric Kenneth GILBERT

GILBERT, Eric Kenneth

    Service Number: 408281
    Enlisted: 15 August 1941
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14 February 1921
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental, Werribee, Victoria, Australia, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1942, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
    C. of E. Plot. Sec. FF. Grave 272, Cornelian Bay Public Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 408281
    15 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 408281

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Leading Aircraftman Eric Kenneth Gilbert 408281 / Leading Aircraftman Robert John Cranston 408277 / Leading Aircraftman John Albert McKenzie 407904 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook were killed when Oxford aircraft AT644 crashed 10 miles north east of Werribee, Victoria

    Son of Frederick and Ida Gilbert of Moonah, Hobart, Tasmania 

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