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COCK, Colin Edwin Abbott
Personal Details
Service Number: | 415510 |
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Enlisted: | 9 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Northam Western Australia , 16 May 1918 |
Home Town: | Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Audit Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 25 September 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 29, Row B, Grave 3 Headstone Inscription "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE" Local Roll of Honour- Maryland’s Western Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 415510 | |
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9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 415510, No. 5 Initial Training School Pearce | |
9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 415510, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) | |
15 Apr 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer | |
9 Aug 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 415510, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
27 Oct 1944: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Edwin James and Leah COCK; husband of Molly Lois COCK, of North Perth, Western Australia.