GULLETT, Henry Somer
| Service Number: | 32074 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Staff |
| Born: | Toolamba West, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1878 |
| Home Town: | Tatura, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 13 August 1940, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 32074, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 32074, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 10 Jul 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, Headquarters Staff |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sir Henry Somer Gullett served in the AIF as Australia's official war correspondent in Palestine
A post-war politician, he was killed in the loss of RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-97 of Number 2 Squadron which was on a VIP Flight when it crashed 2 miles east of Canberra Aerodrome, ACT
Passengers killed:
Brigadier G.A. Street (Minister for the Army)
General Sir Brudenell White (Chief of the General Staff)
Lieutenant Colonel F. Thornthwaite (Army Liaison Officer)
Mr J.V. Fairbairn (Minister for Air)
Sir Henry Gullett (Vice President Executive Council)
Mr R.E. Elford (Secretary to Air Minister)
Four RAAF crew members were killed in the crash:
Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Hitchcock 115 (Aircraft Captain)
Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Wiesener 607 (Second Pilot)
Corporal John Frederick Palmer 2130
Aircraftman Charles Joseph Crosdale 6673
Pilot Officer Wiesener was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium and Aircraftsman Crosdale was buried in a private service at Cessnock. The other 8 fatalities were accorded a State Funeral in Melbourne.
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