Gordon Thomas LAWSON

LAWSON, Gordon Thomas

Service Number: 412545
Enlisted: 19 July 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Richmond, New South Wales. Australia, 15 July 1912
Home Town: Richmond (NSW), Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Camden War Cemetery
Plot E Row A Grave 15, Camden War Cemetery, Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Richmond War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 412545
19 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412545

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of George Samuel and Amy Lawson, of North Richmond
Husband of Irene Joy (nee Flicker) Lawson, of Bellevue Hill.
Irene remarried Philip Ross Heyde in 1945

32SQN Lockheed Hudson A16-152 (info from Baugher - USAF aircraft #41-23222) crashed at The Oaks auxiliary airfield south-west of Camden while on a cross-country training flight - all crew onboard were killed: Flight Sergeant Scott 402996 (Pilot) / Flight Sergeant Johns 407122 (Navigator) / Flight Sergeant Pearson 402978 (W/T Operator) / Flight Sergeant Voyzey 402930 / Sergeant Lawson 412545

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