Ian Samuel GORDON

GORDON, Ian Samuel

Service Number: 402657
Enlisted: 18 September 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1917
Home Town: Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Manly General Cemetery, NSW
General Plot Section X Grave 40 (GRM/2), Manly General Cemetery, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 402657
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 402657, Aircrew Training Units
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 402657, No. 2 Service Flying Training School Forest Hill

Help us honour Ian Samuel Gordon's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-4 of Number 2 Service Flying Training School crashed near Wagga Wagga in NSW killing:

LAC Gordon 402657 - buried in Manly Cemetery, NSW

Pilot Officer Dodgshun 710 - buried in Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria