Gordon PATTERSON

PATTERSON, Gordon

Service Number: 37142
Enlisted: 10 June 1941
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Central Flying School
Born: Mossvale, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1914
Home Town: Currabubula, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 8 August 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Tamworth General Cemetery, New South Wales
C of E Plot Section N Row 1 Grave 10, Tamworth General Cemetery, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 37142
10 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 37142, Central Flying School
10 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 37142

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Dawson 415 and LAC Patterson 37142 were killed in the loss of Wirraway aircraft A20-21 near Tamworth, NSW