Gordon Ronald HARVEY DFC

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HARVEY, Gordon Ronald

Service Numbers:	422516, O22048
Enlisted:	22 March 1942
Last Rank:	Group Captain
Last Unit:	No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia , 27 March 1923
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Pilot
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 2017, aged 94 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Maryborough Staff Pilots No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School RAAF Honour Board

22 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 422516
22 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, O22048

27 Jun 1950:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, O22048
27 Jun 1950:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, O22048, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)

27 Mar 1974:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, O22048

Date unknown:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, O22048

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Gordon Ronald Harvey O22048 was shot down while flying Mustang A68-772 near Tandong in North Korea - he was the first of six RAAF pilots to be were shot down and captured in Korea - they were held as Prisoners of War in North Korea until released in September 1953 after the armistice. The other five were:

Flying Officer Ronald David Guthrie O22139 - 1 August 1951

Flying Officer Vance Drummond O33624 - 1 December 1951

Flying Officer Bruce Lachlan Thomson O32427 - 1 December 1951

Flight Lieutenant John Thomas Hannan O22100 - 1 February 1952

Sergeant Donald William Pinkstone A2925 - 15 June 1953

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