RIORDAN, Eric Joseph Milton
| Service Number: | 421509 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 3 Wireless Air Gunnery School Maryborough |
| Born: | Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1915 |
| Home Town: | Kyogle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lynch Creek Provisional School, Lismore High School |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Illness - Cardiac Failure, Peritonitis following chill, At sea, 15 February 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyogle and Districts WW2 Honour Roll, Malta Memorial, Floriana, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 421509 | |
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| 1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 421509, RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units | |
| 1 Apr 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 3 Wireless Air Gunnery School Maryborough , Posted to No. 3 WAGS, RAAF Maryborough for Wireless Air Gunner Training on Course 24. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Eric Arthur Riordan, and of Victoria Lydia May Riordan, of Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia.
Sergeant Riordan 421509 died at sea (in transit to the UK) - he was buried at sea and is commemorated on the Malta Memorial
Lynch’s Creek Airman
Buried At Sea
Mrs. V. Riordan, of Lynch’s Creek, has been notified of the death of her son, Sgt. Air Gunner E. J. M. Riordan, of the R.A.A.F., on February 15. He was buried at sea. Sgt. Riordan had been a resident of Lynch’s Creek all his life and was the second son of the late Mr. E. Riordan and Mrs. Riordan. A brother, Esca, is a prisoner of war in Italy.
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