LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Clarence John TULLY
Service No: 28011
Born: Port Pirie SA, 12 June 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 April 1940
Unit: No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron, Tarakan
Died: Ground Accident, Borneo, 8 May 1945, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
CWGC Additional Information: Husband of Nellie Tully, of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 8 May 1945, Corporal Tully, a Guard, was accidentally shot at night by another airman at a guard post north east of the Tarakan airfield.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/40/608