William Barry SLEEP

SLEEP, William Barry

Service Number: NX150010
Enlisted: 11 January 1943
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1922
Home Town: Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Canal Creek via Yaamba, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld
Plot A Row B Grave 6
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canal Creek War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement NX150010
11 Jan 1943: Enlisted Corporal, NX150010, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2)
11 Jan 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX150010

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

USAAF Dakota C-47 #43-30742 (VH-CHR) of the 22nd Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group disintegrated in the air about 30 miles north of Rockhampton killing all 31 personnel on board. The loss of this aircraft is still the second worst Air Disaster in Australian Aviation history.

On board were 20 American Service personnel, an Australian War Correspondent (Harold George Dick), a Salvation Army Officer (Chaplain William Bramwell Tibbs BEM), Representative MacDonald of the YMCA, two members of the RAAF (LAC Cameron 426040 & LAC Oster 115325) & 6 Australian Army soldiers:

Corporal Sleep NX150010

Corporal Shard Q148539

Private Rasmussen Q271392

Captain Weir NX333

Captain Geddes SX4886

Captain Mollison VX912

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