Ronald James HILL

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HILL, Ronald James

Service Number:	407768
Enlisted:	4 January 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Edwardstown, SA, 28 August 1916
Home Town:	Clarence Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	News and mail office employee
Died:	Flying Battle, Darwin, NT, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 5 April 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory R.D.5. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

4 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 407768, Aircrew Training Units
4 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 407768
5 Apr 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 407768, No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

B25 Mitchell bomber N5-140 of 18 (Netherlands East Indies - NEI) Squadron RAAF crashed near Nightcliffs 5 miles from Darwin after a night-start. The target for the bombing mission was Baccau, Timor.

Flight Sergeant Ronald James Hill 407768 and Sergeant George Bryanton Weller 406968 of the RAAF were killed along with the Dutch component of the crew: Sergeant Major G Tijmons 93268 / Sergeant K. Van Bremen 23522 / Sergeant Major FJM Van Wylick 90068

(some details from the book “Up in Darwin with the Dutch ” by Gordon Wallace)

Son of Harry Rogers Hill and Alice Jessie Hill of Clarence Park, SA

Flt Sgt Hill's father, 6571 Private Harry Rogers Hill, 27th Battalion, had served during the First World War and was killed in action in Belgium on 26 September 1917. His brother, 24227 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Robert Henry Hill, died at sea when the HMAS Sydney was torpedoed and sunk on 19 November 1941. There are portrait photos on the AWM database for all three family members.

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