Bill Garing

Air Commodore William "Bill" Henry Garing, CBE, DFC (26 July 1910 – 1 January 2004)[1] was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force.

William Henry Garing
Group Captain Bill Garing in Cyprus, 1953
Nickname(s)	Bull
Born	(1910-07-26)26 July 1910 Corryong, Victoria
Died	1 January 2004(2004-01-01) (aged 93)
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Years of service	1928–64
Rank	Air Commodore
Commands held	RAAF Overseas Headquarters (1953) Western Area Command (1946–48) No. 1 Operational Training Unit RAAF (1943–44) No. 9 Operational Group RAAF (1942–43)
Battles/wars	Second World War Battle of the Atlantic New Guinea campaign Battle of Milne Bay Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

While with No. 10 Squadron RAAF, flying Sunderlands, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross after he held off three waves of German bombers, over 12 hours, that were attacking the Armed Merchant Cruiser Mooltan on 31 July 1940.[1][2] Bill was instrumental in ensuring that survivors of the City of Benares were picked up on 25 September 1940.

Group Captain Garing received the US Army Distinguished Service Cross for "extraordinary heroism in action in New Guinea, during the Papuan Campaign, 23 July 1942 to 8 January 1943".[3][4]

Garing died 1 January 2004, after a very long illness and was buried at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium on 8 January.

References

1. Stephens, Dr Alan. "Air Force News -Brilliant wartime leader". Retrieved 3 April 2013.
2. http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/ajrp/remember.nsf/pages/NT000011C2
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 December 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Group Captain William Henry "Bull" Garing, CBE, DFC". Home.st.net.au. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

External links

• http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/raaf/whisperer/march2004.pdf