General Information
Service(s):
Royal Australian Air Force
Service No:
410051
Rank:
Warrant Officer
Date of Birth:
15 January 1921
Place of Birth:
Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia
Prisoner of War:
No
Honours:
Mentioned in Despatches
Award Citations
Mentioned in Despatches
Flight Sergeant HARBECK has served with No. 100 Squadron as a wireless air gunner in active operations in New Guinea for six months, and during that period has completed 306 hours of operational flying.
He has participated in 58 sorties and 8 strikes, most of these being armed reconnaissance flights under adverse weather conditions and over long stretches of sea in the vicinity of large enemy fighter bases.
Throughout his operational career Flight Sergeant HARBECK has displayed courage, keenness and determination of the highest order.
Unit: No. 100 Squadron, RAAF
Gazetted: The London Gazette, 10 March 1944
Archival Material
National Archives of Australia
| Series No. | Control Symbol | Item Title | Digitised Item | Item ID |
| A9301 | 410051 | HARBECK RONALD GEORGE : Service Number - 410051 : Date of birth - 15 Jan 1921 : Place of birth - TRAFALGAR VIC : Place of enlistment - MELBOURNE : Next of Kin - HARBECK WILLIAM |
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5527846 |
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New Book Release:
8 October 2023