LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Rodnam Charles GILLIGAN
Service No: 21331
Born: Tighes Hill NSW, 8 December 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 June 1940
Unit: No. 7 Communication Unit, Guildford WA
Died: Vehicle Accident, near Narrogin WA, 14 January 1945, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Karrakatta War Cemetery WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Reginald Thomas Gilligan and Mary Anne Gilligan; husband of Norma June Gilligan, of Flemington, Victoria.
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 13 January 1945, DH82 Dragon A17-207 flown by Pilot Officer Gilligan, departed for Narrogin and was detailed to remain there for four days, flying co-operation exercises with the Volunteer Air Observers Corps. At approximately 0220 hours on the 14 January 1945, Pilot Officer Gilligan was killed and three others were injured when a VAOC van in which he was riding overturned near Narrogin.
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
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (Perth) On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-line Record A705, 166/15/387