LAWSON, Gordon Thomas
Service Number: | 412545 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 412545 | |
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19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412545 |
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Add my storyBiography 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