LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer John Arran GORE
Service No: 422641
Born: Carlton NSW, 17 January 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 May 1942
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Service Flying Training School Harvard aircraft FE765), Ontario, 28 November 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Charles Montague and Ethel May Aynan Gore, of Carlton, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Hurstville NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Hurstville War Memorial, Hurstville NSW
At 1000 hours on 28 November 1943, Harvard FE765 crashed near Edenvale, Ontario (3 miles north of the Camp Borden aerodrome). Control was lost during unauthorized low level aerobatics, and the aircraft struck the ground in a near vertical bank. Instructor Flying Officer Gore was killed instantly and student Leading Aircraftman Richard Herrick Myers (1809379) (RAFVR) (from the US) died several hours after the accident. Local farmer Mr L Atkinson was recommended for the George Medal for pulling Meyers from the burning wreckage.
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: A9300 GORE J A
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
On Line Sources