Arthur Edward GUY

GUY, Arthur Edward

Service Numbers: 142679, V39888
Enlisted: 11 March 1941
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 1914
Home Town: Hampton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Wewak, New Guinea, 17 February 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, 142679
11 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V39888
15 Jun 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 142679

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Dakota A65-34 (VH-CUF) of 36 Squadron RAAF crashed while performing airdrop duties to Australian ground forces near But in Wewak, New Guinea

There were two survivors: Squadron Leader Lewis Keith Jackson 261723 RAAF and Private Joseph George Law TX13582 (T24441) of 2/160 Australian Supply Depot Platoon

Four of the crew and two soldiers were killed:

Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Charles Mathews 407125 of 36 Squadron

Pilot Officer Donald Gordon Campbell 418718 of 36 Squadron

Corporal Arthur Edward Guy 142679 of 37 Operational Base Tadji

Corporal Keith Hardham 129265 of 37 Operational Base Tadji

Sergeant Harry Maurice Whaling NX18480 of 2/160 Australian Supply Depot Platoon

Private Edward John Collins VX50622 of 2/188 Australian Supply Depot Platoon

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