Gordon Wesley MCLEOD

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Service Number:	422658
Enlisted:	23 May 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Macksville, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1917
Home Town:	Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Flying Battle, North West Europe, France, 1 September 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Arc-et-Senans Communal Cemetery, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 422658
23 May 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
23 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422658
15 Aug 1942:	Promoted Leading Aircraftman
12 Nov 1942:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera
23 Mar 1943:	Involvement Empire Air Training Scheme, Further training at RCAF 7 SFTS in Macleod, Alberta.
15 Oct 1943:	Promoted Sergeant
10 Nov 1943:	Involvement 11 Personnel Depot and Receiving Centre, Disembarked in UK from Canada
12 Jan 1944:	Transferred Operational Training Units (RAF), 21 OTU at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh for further training in night flying in Wellington bombers.
15 Apr 1944:	Promoted Flight Sergeant, Operational Training Units (RAF)

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