Joseph Anderson WORMALD

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WORMALD, Joseph Anderson

Service Numbers:	402812, 02812
Enlisted:	14 October 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Kirribilli, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1918
Home Town:	Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Flying Battle, New Guinea, 27 June 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Official Burial Reference ~ Plot NN. Row C. Grave 1-3. Personal Inscription ~ "IN GOD'S CARE AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 402812
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)

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Biography 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

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