Kevin Ansell GORMAN

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GORMAN, Kevin Ansell

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	16 January 1939
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	London, England, 9 June 1917
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Southport, Queensland, Australia, 29 May 1940, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Lutwyche Cemetery WW2 Cremation Commemorations, South Perth Wesley College Lych Gate

World War 2 Service

16 Jan 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, RAAF Point Cook
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer
29 May 1940:	Involvement Flying Officer, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-15 of Number 23 Squadron crashed at Southport in Queensland killing Flying Officer Kevin Ansell Goman and Warrant Officer Percy James Pritchard 3097

Flying Officer Goman (no RAAF Service Number allocated) was the son of Ansell Arthur William and Madge Marshall Goman of Perth. He was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium and is commemorated on the Queensland Cremation Memorial situated in Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane

Warrant Officer Pritchard was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton

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