Sir Henry Somer (Harry) GULLETT KCMG

GULLETT, Henry Somer

Service Number: 32074
Enlisted: 20 July 1916
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Headquarters Staff
Born: Toolamba West, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1878
Home Town: Tatura, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Journalist
Died: Aircraft accident, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 13 August 1940, aged 62 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner
10 Feb 1917: Involvement Gunner, 32074, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917: Embarked Gunner, 32074, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, RMS Osterley, Sydney
10 Jul 1919: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, Headquarters Staff

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sir Henry Somer Gullett served in the AIF as Australia's official war correspondent in Palestine

 

A post-war politician, he was killed in the loss of RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-97 of Number 2 Squadron which was on a VIP Flight when it crashed 2 miles east of Canberra Aerodrome, ACT

 

Passengers killed:

 

Brigadier G.A. Street (Minister for the Army)

General Sir Brudenell White (Chief of the General Staff)

Lieutenant Colonel F. Thornthwaite (Army Liaison Officer)

Mr J.V. Fairbairn (Minister for Air)

Sir Henry Gullett (Vice President Executive Council)

Mr R.E. Elford (Secretary to Air Minister)

 

 

Four RAAF crew members were killed in the crash:

 

Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Hitchcock 115 (Aircraft Captain)

Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Wiesener 607 (Second Pilot)

Corporal John Frederick Palmer 2130

Aircraftman Charles Joseph Crosdale 6673

 

 

Pilot Officer Wiesener was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium and Aircraftsman Crosdale was buried in a private service at Cessnock.  The other 8 fatalities were accorded a State Funeral in Melbourne.

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