Fredrick Joseph IRELAND

IRELAND, Fredrick Joseph

    Service Numbers: NX114117, N228055
    Enlisted: 9 July 1942
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron
    Born: Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia, 28 February 1922
    Home Town: Maroubra, Randwick, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Pastry Cook and Baker
    Died: Aircraft Accident, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 18 September 1945, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
    CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 8. Row B. Collective Grave. 1-25. Inscription: "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER HIM. "LEST WE FORGET"
    Memorials: Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dakota Transport A65-61
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX114117
    8 Oct 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N228055, Enlisted for war service in the Australian Military Forces at Kingsford, New South Wales.
    9 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX114117
    18 Sep 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, NX114117, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron, Killed in aircraft crash New Guinea.

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    RAAF Dakota A65-61 (VH-CUT) from 38SQN crashed near Merauke, Dutch NG while on a mission to evacuate wounded servicemen to Australia - the RAAF crew of 10 and the 19 soldiers on board were all killed in the accident.  The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered in 1970 with the remains of those killed interred in Bomana Cemetery

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