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HOWISS, Gordon Stewart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 400202 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 36 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 28 October 1920 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Malaya, 26 January 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Coll grave 30 D 13-15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 400202 | |
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| 21 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400202, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Arthur Edwin Turner 406191 and Sergeant Gordon Stewart Howiss 400202 of 36SQN RAF were killed when Vickers Vildebeest K6392 was shot down near Endau, Malaya - also killed was Sergeant Tanner 41503 RNZAF
(First flown in 1928 the RAF Vickers Vildebeest was a large single-engined biplane used as a light bomber - the last few examples in service were flown against invading Japanese forces in Singapore and Java in early 1942)