~~~SEDGER, Gordon Robert_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~
Parents:--- Wilkus James Sedger and Ruby Sedger
RAAF Service No:---403701
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Lithgow, New South Wales
Education:--- Westmead Jnr Tech (1929-30) Granville Jnr Tech School (1930-32)
Trade/Calling:--- Orchadist /Labourer.
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Wilkus James Sedger, Kenthurst, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 2nd March 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger, was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Parents:--- Wilkus James Sedger and Ruby Sedger
RAAF Service No:---403701
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Lithgow, New South Wales
Education:--- Westmead Jnr Tech (1929-30) Granville Jnr Tech School (1930-32)
Trade/Calling:--- Orchadist /Labourer.
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Wilkus James Sedger, Kenthurst, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 2nd March 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger, was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
~~~SEDGER, Gordon Robert_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~
Parents:--- Wilkus James Sedger and Ruby Sedger
RAAF Service No:---403701
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Lithgow, New South Wales
Education:--- Westmead Jnr Tech (1929-30) Granville Jnr Tech School (1930-32)
Trade/Calling:--- Orchadist /Labourer.
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Wilkus James Sedger, Kenthurst, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 2nd March 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger, was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Parents:--- Wilkus James Sedger and Ruby Sedger
RAAF Service No:---403701
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Lithgow, New South Wales
Education:--- Westmead Jnr Tech (1929-30) Granville Jnr Tech School (1930-32)
Trade/Calling:--- Orchadist /Labourer.
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Wilkus James Sedger, Kenthurst, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 2nd March 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Posting:-- No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire
Fate:--- Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger, was killed in action during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4837, off the French Coast, 27th January 1943. Lancaster W4837 took off from RAF Breighton at 1747 hours on 26 January 1943 detailed to bomb Lorient, France. Following post war searches and enquiries when no trace of the missing crew was found, it was recorded in 1950 that they had no known grave.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
The crew members of W4837 were:
Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin (405618) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Robert Brierley (1499412) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day (403913) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Norman Talbot Mason (404975) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley James Matthews (14444) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver (403368) (Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger (403701) (Navigator)
Commemorated:--- Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 108, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Inscription
No known grave, "His glory shall not be blotted out"
Gravesite Details
Sergeant Gordon Robert SEDGER_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_#403701.
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