HISKINS, Ernest Joseph
Service Number: | 410058 |
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Enlisted: | 8 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Corowa, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1922 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Timor, 15 April 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rutherglen WW2 Honour Wall |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 410058 | |
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8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) | |
8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410058, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Ernest Barton Hiskins and Alice Mary Hiskins of Brunswick, Victoria
RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-178 of Number 31 Squadron went missing off the coast of Timor - both crewmen were reported killed: Flight Sergeant Ernest Joseph Hiskins 410058 & Flight Sergeant Harry Shephardson Ashbolt 415064
Both men are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT