LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Gordon Christopher WREN
Service No: 420096
Born: Sydney NSW, 17 May 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 October 1941
Unit: No. 2 Wireless Air Gunners School, Parkes NSW
Died: Injuries, Sydney NSW, 9 March 1942, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Christopher and Martha Wren, of Marrickville
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 8 March 1942, Leading Aircraftman Wren, a Trainee Wireless Air Gunner, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, with a possible fractured skull and he died on 9 March 1942.
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, 163/179/141
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line