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HANCOCK, John Mervyn
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2063 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Omeo, Victoria, Australia, 9 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor mechanic |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, England, United Kingdom, 1 March 1919, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Birchip War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2063, Motor Drivers | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Driver, 2063, Motor Drivers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Driver, 2063, Motor Drivers, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2063, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Transferred to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Driver, 2063, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Driver, 2063, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Serving with a Training Squadron of the then RAF at Northolt in England, during a ferry flight on 1 March 1919, Sopwith Snipe aircraft E6157 flown by Lieutenant Hancock caught fire in flight and involuntary looped, throwing him from the aircraft and he was killed.
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