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REES, Gordon Wellington
Personal Details
Service Number: | 32995 |
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Enlisted: | 5 February 1940 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head |
Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1922 |
Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Kundabung and Kempsey East Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmhand |
Died: | Illness, Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 9 July 1941, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Evans Head Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia General - C of E Plot Row 2 Grave 6, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kempsey Streets of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 32995 | |
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5 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 32995, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head | |
5 Aug 1940: | Enlisted 32995 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Prior
Gordon Rees St, Kempsey is named for him
STREETS OF HONOUR - The Macleay Valley's Tribute to its silent heroes