Rodnam Charles GILLIGAN

GILLIGAN, Rodnam Charles

Service Number: 21331
Enlisted: 24 June 1940
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 8 December 1920
Home Town: Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Motor Vehicle Accident, Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia, 14 January 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia
Plot R Roc C Grave 5,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 21331
24 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 21331

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer Rodnam Charles Gilligan 21331 RAAF and Miss Norma Ruth Duncuff (Civilian) died from injuries sustained in a Motor Vehicle Accident near Narrogin, WA

Flight Lieutenant Stephen Henry Knight 284310 RAAF and Miss Thelma May McCall (Civilian) survived the incident

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Rodnam Charles GILLIGAN was born in Tighes Hill, NSW on 8th December, 1920

His parents were Reginald Thomas GILLIGAN & Mary Anne WOODYARD who married on 21st December, 1917 in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

He married Norma June KELLY on 19th September, 1942 in Victoria - one son Rodnam Harold GILLIGAN

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His father Reginald Thomas GILLIGAN (SN 1927) served in the Australian Forces during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919