LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Aloysius Patrick GILMORE
Service No: 116103
Born: Jamestown SA, 21 July 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1942
Unit: No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Port Pirie SA
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School Battle aircraft L5640), Port Pirie, 20 May 1943, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Port Pirie General Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Reginald and Alma Mary Gilmore, of Rosewater.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
At 0940 hours on 20 May 1943, Fairey Battle L5640 crashed at Port Pirie while towing a drogue and its crew members were killed. The cause of the accident is listed as “obscure”. The crew members were:
Leading Aircraftman Gordon Leslie Dore (46528) (Trainee Air Gunner)
Leading Aircraftman Aloysius Patrick Gilmore (116103) (Trainee Air Gunner)
Sergeant Lessel John Hampstead (421805) (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, 232