Douglas Lowther Eric GORRINGE

GORRINGE, Douglas Lowther Eric

    Service Number: 408040
    Enlisted: 15 August 1940
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 6 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Tea Tree, Tasmania, Australia., 26 October 1919
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Tasmania, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Flying Battle, New Guinea, 28 October 1942, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 408040
    15 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 408040
    28 Oct 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 408040, No. 6 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Douglas Lowther Eric GORRINGE was born in Tea Tree, Tasmania on 26th October, 1919

    His parents were Eric Lowther John GORRINGE & Sylvia Kathleen BARWICK

    He married Doreen Gloria MURPHY on 27th June 1942 in Victoria

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    His father Eric Lowther John GORRINGE (SN 1776) served in the Army during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919

    His brother Rex Stephen GORRINGE (SN T22311) and (SN31705) served during WW2 in the Army and the RAAF

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