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COCKROFT, Verne Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 425605 |
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Enlisted: | 25 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 23 October 1919 |
Home Town: | Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | S.G.H.S. & Buranda State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Lost on Operations, France, 8 July 1944, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Courgent Communal Cemetery, France Grave 5. CWGC section - seven graves - the crew of Lancaster LM338 lost 8 Jul 1944, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 425605, Aircrew Training Units | |
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25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425605 | |
8 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425605, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Son of Harry David COCKROFT and Emma Andrews ROSS of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Bomb Aimer of No. 467 Squadron Lancaster LM338 lost on operations 8 July 1944 over Courgent, France.