Bill Garing
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William Henry Garing
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Group Captain Bill Garing in Cyprus, 1953
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| Nickname(s) | Bull |
| Born | 26 July 1910 Corryong, Victoria |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Allegiance |  Australia |
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 Royal Australian Air Force |
| Years of service | 1928–1964 |
| Rank | Air Commodore |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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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.
While with No. 10 Squadron RAAF, flying Sunderland's, 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.
Garing died 1 January 2004, after a very long illness and was buried at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium on 8 January.
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- ↑ http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/ajrp/remember.nsf/pages/NT000011C2
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- People from Corryong
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
- Royal Australian Air Force officers
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
