HARBERGER, Desmond Frederick
| Service Number: | 435448 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1925 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Timor Area, Timor Area, Netherlands East Indies, 22 September 1944, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby War Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 435448 | |
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| 17 May 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 17 May 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 435448 |
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RAAF Mitchell aircraft A47-3 of Number 2 Squadron was shot down during an attack on Manatuto, Timor and all of the crew were killed. They are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT -
Flying Officer Bernard Alwin Wisniewski 423966 - Son of John and Alvina Wisniewski & Husband of Jean Wisniewski of Coogee, NSW
Flying Officer John Francis Daggett 434341 - Son of Francis Heathube Daggett and Ethel Maud Daggett of Lubeck, Victoria
Flying Officer Allen Wallace Slater 414849 - Son of Wilfrid Leonard and Jeanie Wallace Slater & Husband of Dorothy Jean Slater of Indooroopilly, Queensland
Sergeant Desmond Frederick Harberger 435448 - Son of Frederick Hepencil Harberger and Yolande Hope Harberger of Dalby, Queensland
Flying Officer Murray Scott Millett 426641 - Son of Arthur Stanley Millett and Gertrude Ruth Millett of Lismore, NSW
Flight Sergeant Keith Rutherford Philipson 429669 - Son of Harry Rutherford Philipson and Effie Philipson of Leeton, NSW
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