Joseph Walter HOLACK

HOLACK, Joseph Walter

Service Number: 131271
Enlisted: 23 February 1943
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Repair and Servicing Units
Born: Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 18 February 1925
Home Town: Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Builders Labourer
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), New Guinea, 30 September 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 131271
23 Feb 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 131271, Repair and Servicing Units, Sydney, NSW
23 Feb 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 131271

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Peter and Frances Lucy Holack, of Mackay, Queensland.

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman Joseph Walter Holack 131271 of Number 10 Repair and Servicing Unit was accidentally shot while on guard duty at Milne Bay, New Guinea - he was taken to the Naval Hospital but died from the wound