COHEN, Joseph
Service Number: | 401104 |
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Enlisted: | 3 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 160 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Tel Aviv, Isreal, 14 February 1922 |
Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Manufacturer |
Died: | Flying Battle, India, 22 September 1943, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery No known grave - Column 429 , Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Victorian Jewish War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 401104, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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3 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401104 | |
22 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401104, No. 160 Squadron (RAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Leon and Miriam Cohen of 82 Blessington Street, St Kilda, Victoria; brother of Maurice Cohen who also served
Plane was Liberator 111, A/C 'M' F4 539 which was lost near Nicobar Islands, India. It had taken off in the morning from Sigiriya to perform photographic reconnaissance of the Northern Islands whne it was shot down by a Japanese aircraft