LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Ernest George GASKIN
Service No: 12538
Born: Pewsey, Wiltshire, 25 April 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 December 1940 (at Melbourne VIC)
Discharged from the RAAF: 25 October 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 38 Squadron
Died: Illness, Victoria, 18 June 1947, Aged 41 Years
Buried: Burwood General Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Alfred Percy and Alice Gaskin; husband of Susan Patterson Gaskin, of Hawthorn
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 18 June 1947, Corporal Gaskin died of an illness.
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 A9301, 12538