LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Gordon William STORER
Service No: 42050
Born: Bairnsdale VIC, 29 April 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1941
Unit: No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Bankstown NSW
Died: Ground Accident, Bankstown, 21 November 1944, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Joseph and Ellen Storer; husband of Phyllis Flora Storer, of Chilwell, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Bruthen VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 November 1944, Leading Aircraftman Storer, a Driver Motor Transport, was accidentally killed with a ripper during a Plant Operator’s course at Bankstown.
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, 166/38/793