Albert Ian GUMLEY

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GUMLEY, Albert Ian

Service Number:	418266
Enlisted:	15 May 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 1 Service Flying Training School
Born:	Beeac, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1924
Home Town:	Cressy, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Meredith, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.T.D.3, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cressy & District War Memorial Gates

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 418266
15 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
15 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 418266

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Victor Vivian and Blanche Maud Gumley of Cressy, Victoria

Mid-air collision during formation flying over Durdidwarrah Dam, 7 miles east of Meredith, Victoria between two Oxford training aircraft from 1 Service Flying Training School, Point Cook. All crew involved were killed:

Oxford EB897 - Leading Aircraftmen Alan Kenneth Goyne 428043 & Albert Ian Gumley 418266

Oxford AS909 - Leading Aircraftmen David George Haig 34331 & Noel Irvine Crane 419848

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