See also
| Husband: | Maurice Phillip WILLING (1918-1942) | |
| Wife: | Ruth COCK (1919-2007) | |
| Marriage | 1940 | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Christ Church, Claremont | ||
| Name: | Maurice Phillip WILLING1,2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John WILLING (1859-1927) | |
| Mother: | Wilhemine "Minnie" TUCKER (1874-1951) | |
| Birth | 8 Mar 1918 | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Fullarton | ||
| Occupation | Pilot | |
| Joined (Military) | 21 Jul 1937 (age 19) | RAF Station Point Cook, Victoria |
| Unit No 13 Squadron, Laha, Ambon Island, Nei Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant, Sevice No 218. |
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| Death | 19 Jan 1942 (age 23) | Celebes, Netherlands East Indies |
| Burial | ||
| Body unrecovered. | ||
| Name: | Ruth COCK1,2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 29 Jun 1919 | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Morphettville Park | ||
| Death | 13 Apr 2007 (age 87) | Carindale Court, Queensland, Australia.3 |
Maurice was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAAF and was reported missing whilst on a photographic reconnaissance mission.
Missing (Military)
Date: 19 January 1942
Place:
Note: Flight Lieutenant Maurice Willing in A16-64 set out to photograph enemy shipping at Kema Bay near Manado. He was last seen being chased into cloud by Zeros. He and his crew were posted missing.
The crew members were Leading Aircraftsman James Moore Cunneen, Wireless Operator, Sergeant William Henry Field, 2nd Pilot, Sergeant Reginald Dixon Rutter, Wireless Air Gunner, and Flight Lieutenant Maurice Phillip Willing.
of Croydon, South Australia
| 1 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |
| 2 | Record updated from... |
| 3 | Ibid. |