LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Gordon FAIRWEATHER
Service No: 42086
Born: Castlemaine VIC, 16 December 1905
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1941
Unit: No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School
Died: Illness, Ballarat VIC, 26 March 1942, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Castlemaine General Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ronald and Elizabeth Fairweather; husband of Freda Jessie Fairweather, of Castlemaine
Roll of Honour: Castlemaine VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 March 1942, Aircraftman Class I Fairweather, a Messman, died of probable heart failure on duty at No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School.
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, 163/110/50