George Phillip DUFFY

DUFFY, George Phillip

Service Number: QX28187
Enlisted: 21 December 1941
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born: Cooroy, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1922
Home Town: Augathella, Murweh, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Ringer
Died: Air Crash, New Guinea, 18 September 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dakota Transport A65-61
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World War 2 Service

21 Dec 1941: Involvement Trooper, QX28187, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron
21 Dec 1941: Enlisted
21 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX28187
18 Sep 1945: Involvement Trooper, QX28187, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron, Killed

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Dakota A65-61 (VH-CUT) from 38SQN crashed near Merauke, Dutch NG while on a mission to evacuate wounded servicemen to Australia - the RAAF crew of 10 and the 19 soldiers on board were all killed in the accident.  The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered in 1970 with the remains of those killed interred in Bomana Cemetery