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WORMALD, Joseph Anderson
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 402812, 02812 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 100 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 24 September 1918 |
| Home Town: | Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Port Morseby, New Guinea, 27 June 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Collective Grave Plot NN, Row C, Grave 1-3 Roll of Honour - Sydney, NSW, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 402812 | |
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| 14 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 02812, Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 14 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402812, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Plane was Beaufort A9-52 crashed near Port Morseby,New Guiniea while on a night operational flight to bomb Salamau, New Guinea.
5 August 1944 - states that the report that the dinghy from his plane prved to be incorrect. The plane was last plotted within 60 miles of Port Morseby. Adisc from a crew member was found in a native hut which had been previously used by the Japanese
April 1949 - Letter to wife stating that the aircraft had still not been located