LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Gordon Thomas BEITZ
Service No: 414637
Born: Roma QLD, 12 May 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941
Unit: No. 36 Squadron, Essendon VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 36 Squadron DC2 aircraft A30-5), Port Moresby PNG, 14 September 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Frederick and Nora Beitz, of Roma, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Roma QLD
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1910 hours on 14 September 1942, No. 36 Squadron DC2 A30-5 crashed and burned 2 kms from the north west corner of the Seven Mile airfield. All five service personnel on board were killed and they were:
Master Sergeant Alber (600805) (US Army, Passenger)
Sergeant Gordon Thomas Beitz (414637) (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant John Douglas Dally (413356) (Second Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Stewart Devine (347) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Frank Harold Foers (40432) (Flight Engineer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 119
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Dakota, Hercules and Caribou in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990