LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Daniel Joseph Francis GANLEY

Service No: 409536
Born: Geelong VIC, 12 November 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1941
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School, Point Cook VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Service Flying Training School Oxford BF887), Point Cook, 11 May 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Richard and Catherine Ganley, of Geelong, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 7, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

At 1430 hours on 11 May 1942, Oxford BF887 crashed into Port Phillip Bay 3 kms south west of Point Cook and all three crew members were killed. Those crew members were:

Leading Aircraftman Daniel Joseph Francis Ganley (409536) (Trainee Pilot)
Pilot Officer Harold Keith Wishart Jolly (401381) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman John Essery King (416394) (Trainee Pilot)

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, 239

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