Reginald Lloyd GORDON

GORDON, Reginald Lloyd

Service Number: 485
Enlisted: 16 January 1939
Last Rank: Squadron Leader
Last Unit: No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 July 1917
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 27 February 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
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Memorials: Adelaide River 31 Beaufighter Squadron Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

16 Jan 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 485, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Squadron Leader, 485

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Oswald Dressell Gordon and Muriel Gordon of Rose Bay, NSW

 

Beaufighter A19-165 crashed near Batchelor and North South Road, NT killing Flight Sergeant Kenneth Albert Smith 409803 & Squadron Leader Reginald Lloyd Gordon 485 DFC and Bar

 

SQNLDR Gordon has an entry in the book "Aces High" by Christopher Shores