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GORMAN, Brian William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 409108 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 453 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Armadale, Victoria, Australia , 4 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, 18 March 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longside Cemetery, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 409108 | |
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| 19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 409108, No. 453 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 18 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 409108, No. 453 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Warrant Officer Gorman 409108 of 453 Squadron RAAF was killed when Spitfire MK281 crashed near Inverugie, Scotland in March 1944 while undertaking Air Firing & Bombing practice at the Peterhead bombing range
Warrant Officer Gorman and several other Rhodesian-trained airmen were interned at Dakar in West Africa by Vichy Forces after their transport ship (HMT Oronsay) was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine "Archimede" on the 9th of October 1942 - they all survived internment to be released in March 1943 and were taken to the RAF camp at Sierra Leone then to the UK
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