LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I John Alfred Livingstone GOUGH
Service No: 30687
Born: Inverell NSW, 10 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 December 1940 (at Hobart TAS)
Discharged from the RAAF: 24 February 1942
Unit at Discharge: No. 1 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
Died: Illness (Tuberculosis), Victoria, 13 October 1945, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter Livingstone Gough and Hazel Maude Gough, of Maroubra Bay, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Derby TAS
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 24 February 1942, Aircraftman Class I Gough, a Trainee Electrician, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit for further service. He died on 13 October 1945.
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 A9301, 30687