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WHICKER, Bertie Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2577 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 October 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Diamond Creek, Victoria, 17 May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Diamond Creek, Nillumbik, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Died in plane accident AVRO 540, Point Cook, Victoria, 6 April 1921, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Other Denom. A. 64 |
| Memorials: | Caulfield South Corporal Bertie Whicker Memorial Plaque |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1917: | Enlisted Second Class Air Mechanic, 2577, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement 2577, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked 2577, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 25 Dec 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Central Flying School, Point Cook |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Leigh Whicker
Parents are Rupert and Ellen Gilchrist Whicker, 5 Maroona Road, Glenhuntly, Victoria. Died, 6 April 1921, as a result of injuries from a training flight crash. His was the first death of the Australian Air
Force only 7 days after its formation.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as Great War dead on 21/06/2014
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