LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Albert Ian GUMLEY

Service No: 418266
Born: Beeac VIC, 4 April 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 May 1942
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Service Flying Training School Oxford aircraft EB897), near Meredith VIC, 19 July 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Victor Vivian and Blanche Maud Gumley, of Cressy
Roll of Honour: Cressy VIC
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

At 0850 hours on 19 July 1943, Oxfords AS900 and EB897 collided in the air during a formation training exercise and crashed near the Durdidwarrah Dam, seven miles east of Meredith, Victoria, and all four crew members were killed.

The crew members of EB897 were:

Leading Aircraftman Alan Kenneth Goyne (428043) (Second Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Albert Ian Gumley (418266) (Trainee Pilot)

The crew members of AS900 were:

Leading Aircraftman Noel Irvine Crane (419848) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman David George Haig (34331) (Second Trainee Pilot)

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 A9301, 418266; A9845, 177

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