LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Ronald Dillon GANNON
Service No: 405548
Born: Mackay QLD, 25 May 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 April 1941
Unit: No. 104 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 104 Squadron Wellington aircraft Z8594), Libya, 14 October 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Robert and Susan Florence Gannon, of Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Column 265, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 October 1942 Wellington Z8594 took off from Kabrit at night to attack Tobruk. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. It is believed that the aircraft may have been lost over the target area.
The crew members of Z8594 were:
Pilot Officer Edward William Baldwin (134505) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Hubert Reginald Clark (1285057) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator)
Flight Sergeant Russell James Elliott (J/16104) (RCAF) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Ronald Dillon Gannon (405548) (Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer David Mitchell Keane (404441) (RNZAF) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Jack Lindsay Smith (405027) (Second Observer)
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, 163/115/147