LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Joseph Walter HOLACK
Service No: 131271
Born: Mackay QLD, 18 February 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 February 1943
Unit: No. 10 Repair and Servicing Unit
Died: Ground Accident, Milne Bay PNG, 30 August 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Peter and Frances Lucy Holack, of Mackay, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Mackay QLD
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 August 1944, Leading Aircraftman Holack, a Guard, died of injuries sustained when he accidentally caught the trigger of his gun on a nail protruding from a packing case, causing the weapon to discharge. He was on guard duty at the time.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/18/473