LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Gordon Ormsby WOOLLEY
Service No: 16969
Born: Fremantle WA, 30 January 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 June 1940
Discharged from the RAAF: 19 February 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 4 Service Flying Training School, Geraldton WA
Died: Illness, Perth WA, 31 March 1945, Aged 36 years
Buried: Fremantle Cemetery WA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John James Woolley and Ellen Rachael Woolley. of Subiaco.
Roll of Honour: Perth WA
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
On 19 February 1945, Sergeant Woolley, an Equipment Assistant, was discharge from the RAAF being medically unfit for further service. He died on 31 March 1945.
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 A9301, 16969
Bibliography:
Brenkley, D. J. (Doug J.) RAAF Historical Record of No. 4 Service Flying Training School Geraldton WA, D. J. Brenkley, 2007