James William GARLICK

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GARLICK, James William

Service Number:	53790
Enlisted:	10 April 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Mobile Works Squadrons
Born:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1923
Home Town:	Mornington, Victoria
Schooling:	Mornington State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Apprentice Electrician
Died:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 2004, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mornington Public Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Mornington Fire Brigade Honour Roll WW2

World War 2 Service

10 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 53790
12 Jan 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Mobile Works Squadrons
3 Feb 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 53790, embarked Sydney for Milne Bay
30 Jul 1944:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 53790, embarked Port Moresby for Townsville
22 Jan 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 53790

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leading Aircraftman James William Garlick (Service No:53790) enlisted in the RAAF on 10 April 1942 at No 1 Recruiting centre melbourne as an Aircraftman I - mustered as Trainee Electrician, later remustered as Guard - he was described in his Attestation Papers (NAA) as 'sober honest and respectable. A very good type of youth'. Promoted to Leading Aircraftman on 12 January 1943, he served in New Guinea (3 February 1943 - 30 July 1944) and Morotai (15 June 1945 - 9 December 1945) and was attached to No 6 Mobile Works Squadron and AD HQ Morotai. LAC Garlick was atatched to 60 Operational Base Unit (OBU) at Discharge on 22 January 1946.

James was born in Mornington, Victoria in 1923, second of four children of William (Jim) James Garlick (b1887 at Snapper Point (Mornington), Victoria) and Laura Frances Pearson (b1896 in Lefroy, Tasmania). Jim worked as a Labourer in Mornington and Furnaceman in Melbourne before enlisting in the AIF in 1916. Following his Discharge, he and Laura married in Melbourne in 1921 and settled in Mornington, where they raised their family and Jim worked as a Labourer and Fisherman.

James had served three and half years of his Electircal Apprenticehip with HC Bean, and was member of the Country Fire Brigade when he enlisted in the RAAF in 1942. Following his Discharge, Jim married June Mabel Conquit (b1924 in Melbourne, Victoria) in 1947. James and June settled in Mornington, where they raised their family and James worked as an Electrical Mechanic, Carpenter and Builder and was a member of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. Jame died in 2004.

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