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HATCHER, Ivor Clarence
Personal Details
Service Number: | 417183 |
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Enlisted: | 31 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 86 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 3 May 1923 |
Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, At sea - off Merauke, New Guinea, 8 September 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll, Gawler Institute Hatcher Memorial Eagle, Gawler RSL Memorial Wall, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
31 Jan 1942: | Involvement Flying Officer, 417183 | |
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31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 417183 | |
8 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 417183, No. 86 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Hatcher 417183 of 86SQN RAAF was killed when Kittyhawk A29-327 was shot down between Merauke and Horn Island - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial