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GILPIN, Richard Ronald Robinson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 434589 |
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Enlisted: | 20 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 23 September 1917 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Penhold, Alberta, Canada , 16 September 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Canada |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 434589 | |
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20 May 1941: | Enlisted | |
21 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 434589, Aircrew Training Units |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Richard Robinson Gilpin 434589 was killed when Oxford AR770 of Number 36 Service Flying Training School RCAF crashed during a solo flight
LAC Gilpin was formerly at 3 MD Edmonton