RAAF 418033 Army V69965

20 Army Field Company and Number 2 Squadron

Geelong 11 May 1918

Eva Wise, his mother. His father was Leopold Wise. They lived in Mardan and then Caldermeade.

28 March 1941 at Mirboo North

Mardan

Labourer

15 August 1943 aged 25 in Papua New Guinea

He is buried in Lae War Cemetery Papua New Guinea

His name is on the Lang Lang Cenotaph and the Leongatha Memorial.

When he enlisted Mirboo North Trevor resided in Mardan. His brother Murray Wise enlisted on 21 April 1939. His address was given as Dumbalk via Meeniyan. He farmed in Dumbalk and died in 1987.

In the 30s Trevor's mother was recorded as being in Dumbalk North. She moved to Caldermeade by 1942 which explains why Trevor is remembered on the Lang Lang Memorial.

Military History

Trevor was a member of the 22nd Militia Battalion. Trevor was missing, believed killed on 15 August 1943. Two planes set out on a sea reconnaissance looking for reported enemy shipping off the coast around Keaukwa, Dutch New Guinea. One airplane made it back to base, after dropping a bomb on one ship they were attacked by two zeros. They evaded them and returned to base. Trevor's plane was never seen again. Flight Sergeant Wise, a wireless air gunner, was one of the crew of five.

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