LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Charles Edward GILMOUR
Service No: 402654
Born: Sydney NSW, 19 November 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 September 1940
Unit: No. 15 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 15 Operational Training Unit Wellington aircraft Z9109), Essex, 28 December 1941, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Harwell Cemetery, Berkshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Stuart Gilmour and Dorothy Margaret Gilmour, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
While on a night flying exercise on 28 December 1941, at 0215 hours Wellington Z9109 crashed at Mount Farm, Colchester, and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of Z9109 were:
Sergeant Leslie Barker (1379176) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Edward Frith (1150550) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Charles Edward Gilmour (402654) (Observer)
Sergeant Harry Pashley (1360214) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Thomas Samuel Sadler (545514) (RAF) (Second Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/117/116