LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Gerald Desmond HUM
Service No: 403989
Born: Bondi NSW, 16 February 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1941
Unit: No. 6 Squadron, Milne Bay PNG
Died: Air Operations: Advance to Buna (No. 6 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-246), off the New Guinea Coast, 28 October 1942, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of David Gerald and Lilian Hum; husband of Grace Evelyn Hum, of Narrabeen, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 9, Port Moresby Memorial, PNG
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 28 October 1942, No. 6 Squadron Hudson A16-246 went missing on an operational mission from Gurney Airfield, Milne Bay to area “’A” over the Bismarck Sea. The crew members of A16-246 were:
Flying Officer Douglas Lowther Eric Gorringe (408040) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Gerald Desmond Hum (403989) (Observer)
Sergeant John Claver McAuliffe (414295) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Colin Lionel McCready (414067) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 138