Gordon WASHBOURNE

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Service Number:	427175
Enlisted:	24 May 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 115 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia,, 4 November 1923
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Greenbushes State School, Bunbury High & Perth Boys School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 8 June 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Greenbushes War Memorial, W.A., International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 427175
24 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427175
8 Jun 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427175, No. 115 Squadron (RAF)

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Gordon WASHBOURNE was born in Perth, Western Australia on 4th November, 1923

His parents were Frederick WASHBOURNE & Florence Susannah SAUNDERS who married in England in 1918 (registered in Wandsworth)

He enlisted in the RAAF on 24th May, 1942 and embarked from Sydney for the UK on 25th May, 1943

He died as a result of air operations over France on 8th June 1944 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Runnymede Memorial, UK & a Memorial Plaque in Kings Park in Western Australia