Harry Maurice WHALING

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WHALING, Harry Maurice

Service Numbers:	2465, NX18480
Enlisted:	29 May 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1900
Home Town:	Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (during Air Operations), Wewak, New Guinea, 17 February 1945, aged 44 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Turramurra Memorial Park Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2465, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2465, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, NX18480
29 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, NX18480, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
17 Feb 1945:	Involvement Sergeant, NX18480, Australian Army Service Corps, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Harry Whaling was a veteran of Gallipoli and the Western Front in the First World War

Sergeant Harry Maurice Whaling NX18480 of 2/160 Australian Supply Depot Platoon and Private Edward John Collins VX50622 of 2/188 Australian Supply Depot Platoon were killed when RAAF 36 Squadron Dakota A65-34 (VH-CUF) crashed while performing airdrop duties to Australian ground forces near But in Wewak, New Guinea

Four of the RAAF crewmen were also 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

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

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