Charles Aubrey Jim GILKESON

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GILKESON, Charles Aubrey Jim

Service Number:	404719
Enlisted:	8 November 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1915
Home Town:	Kingsthorpe, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, 15 November 1941, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingsthorpe District WW2 Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 404719
8 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404719

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Charles Aubrey Jim Gilkeson 404719 was killed when Blackburn Botha L6407 of Number 8 Air Gunnery School RAF crashed near Tarbet Ness, Scotland

Also killed: LAC John Keith Allan 1366444 RAF / LAC Gilbert Neil James 950925 RAF / LAC Desmond Holmes Saxton 1126829 RAF

His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

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