John Ronald GORTON

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Service Number:	19218
Enlisted:	18 October 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	MELBOURNE, VIC, 23 May 1914
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Northern Territory, Australia, 25 September 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT C.B.11., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide River 31 Beaufighter Squadron Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Milingimbi War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, 19218
18 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 19218, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)

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Beaufighter A19-116 of Number 31 Squadron RAAF crashed near Millingimbi, NT killing all on board:

Flying Officer Donald Gordon Taylor 406738 - Son of Norman Gordon and Frances Taylor & Husband of Doreen Lydia Taylor of Mount Lawley, WA

Flying Officer Ronald Arthur Hocking 39161 - Son of William Arthur and Clara May Hocking & Husband of Olive Lavinia Hocking of Rose Park, SA

Corporal John Ronald Gorton 19218 - Son of John Alfred and Emily Kate Gorton of East Malvern, Victoria

Leading Aircraftman Nathaniel Ross Beggs 40978 - Son of Mr and Mrs C. L. Beggs of Tunstall, Victoria