Donald Gordon TAYLOR

TAYLOR, Donald Gordon

Service Number: 406738
Enlisted: 31 March 1941
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: COTTESLOE, WA, 6 January 1917
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Northern Territory, Australia, 25 September 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
C.A.3., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Adelaide River 31 Beaufighter Squadron Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Milingimbi War Memorial, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 406738, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
31 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 406738, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Beaufighter A19-116 of Number 31 Squadron RAAF crashed near Millingimbi, NT killing all on board:

Flying Officer Donald Gordon Taylor 406738 - Son of Norman Gordon and Frances Taylor & Husband of Doreen Lydia Taylor of Mount Lawley, WA

Flying Officer Ronald Arthur Hocking 39161 - Son of William Arthur and Clara May Hocking & Husband of Olive Lavinia Hocking of Rose Park, SA

Corporal John Ronald Gorton 19218 - Son of John Alfred and Emily Kate Gorton of East Malvern, Victoria

Leading Aircraftman Nathaniel Ross Beggs 40978 - Son of Mr and Mrs C. L. Beggs of Tunstall, Victoria

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