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HIRST, William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 161752 |
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Enlisted: | 10 March 1944 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | RAAF Transport and Movement Offices |
Born: | Cessnock, NSW, 5 June 1922 |
Home Town: | Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Yass, NSW, Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 28 February 1946, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT R.S.L. Plot. Row D. Grave 33, Woden Cemetery, Woden, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 161752 | |
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10 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
10 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 161752 | |
28 Feb 1946: | Involvement RAAF Transport and Movement Offices |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of William and Ruby Hirst
husband of Edna Lucy Mary Hirst of Glebe Point, NSW