HAKE, Albert Horace
| Service Number: | 403218 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 72 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1916 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Airconditioning Engineer |
| Died: | Executed as a Prisoner of War (Great Escape), Poland, 30 March 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery 7 D 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 403218, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 4 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 403218 | |
| 30 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 403218, No. 72 Squadron (RAF), Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Warrant Officer (Pilot) Hake, Service Number 403218, served with 72 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
He was Mentioned in Despatches
He was 27 and the son of George and Lillian Maud Hake, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Noela Aundree Lillian Hake, of Carlton, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Warrant Officer Albert Horace Hake was shot down over France in Spitfire AB258 of 72SQN RAF on 04 April 1942 and became a PoW
He was one of the three RAAF members that were executed following their participation in the "Great Escape" and their subsequent recapture by German forces - Warrant Officer Albert Horace Hake 403218 / Flight Lieutenant Reginald Victor Kierath 402364 / Squadron Leader James Catanach DFC 400364
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