William Thomas GRAY

GRAY, William Thomas

Service Numbers: 207352, 287419, 300219
Enlisted: 1 December 1929
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew)
Born: Pymble, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1911
Home Town: Pymble, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Pilot
Died: Aircraft accident, Mount Bundy, Northern Territory, Australia, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 21 April 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
Q.A.7., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

1 Dec 1929: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, RAAF Point Cook, Served with 3SQN
1 Dec 1929: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 300219
1 Dec 1929: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 207352, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
1 Dec 1929: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 287419, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 287419
21 Apr 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of William Thomas Gray and Caroline Frier Gray

Husband of Hilda Amy Gray of Kingsford, NSW

 

Duncan Gordon Cameron (RAAF Flight Lieutenant 287418) and William Thomas Gray (RAAF Flying Officer 287419) were the crew of a Lockheed C-40 aircraft which crashed near Mount Bundy, NT killing all on board, including 10 members of the 49th Interceptors Control Squadron USAAF -

Cpl Bill Bedford / Cpl Tony Gattamelata / PFC Robert George / PFC Nick Hinch / PFC Ray Love / PFC John Faris / PFC Walt Feret / PFC Dick Schmidt / PFC Bulford Wilard / PFC Wyatt Wiley

 

(note: Cameron and Gray were granted their WW2 RAAF commissions after the incident, mainly for repatriation / pension purposes as they were on Defence duty at the time of the loss)

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