Ernest Albert HARPS-BURT

HARPS-BURT, Ernest Albert

    Service Number: 441279
    Enlisted: 19 June 1943
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
    Born: Kew Victoria Australia , 30 May 1925
    Home Town: Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Flying Battle, near Sanga Sanga airstrip Tawi Borneo, 11 June 1945, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
    Plot 24. Row B. Grave 11
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 441279
    19 Jun 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 441279, No. 5 Initial Training School Pearce
    19 Jun 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 441279
    4 Dec 1944: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
    18 Feb 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 441279, Air War SE Asia 1941-45, No. 9 Local Air Supply Unit, Labuan

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    Biography contributed by Graham Padget

    Ernest Albert Harps-Burt was the son of Stanley Ernest and Reta Mary Harps-Burt, of Mount Hawthorn. Western Australia.

    On 8 June, Flying Officers Woodham and Harps-Burt, Flight Lieutenant Wymond and Warrant Officer Royds, flew to Sanga Sanga Bombao Island Borneo to provide anti-mosquito spraying of Labuan and other invasion areas. On 11 June 1945, Harps-Burt and his crew were killed instantly when A9-718 crashed into Bombao Island and burst into flames.

     

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