GORDON-GLASSFORD, Terence Harry
| Service Number: | 402658 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 612 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1915 |
| Home Town: | Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk and International Oarsman |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 21 January 1943 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on Malta Memorial, Malta. Panel 11 Column 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 402658 | |
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| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 402658, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402658 | |
| 21 Jan 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 402658, No. 612 Squadron (RAF) | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Terence Harry GORDON-GLASSFORD was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 31st July, 1915
His parents were Torre Harry GORDON-GLASSFORD & Doris PLEASANTS
He enlisted in Sydney on 18th September, 1940
He died in a Flying Battle in the Mediterranean Sea on 21st January, 1943 while in a Vickers Wellington Bomber HX690 V111 with the 179 Squadron of the RAF which took off from Gibraltar during the evening of 21st January, 1943 on an anti submarine patrol over the Mediterranean Sea
There was no communication from the Wellington after it had taken flight from its Gibraltar base and it never returned to base
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Malta Memorial
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