HOARE, John Kelvin
Service Number: | 431566 |
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Enlisted: | 16 July 1943 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 80 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1925 |
Home Town: | Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Tarakan, Borneo, 4 August 1945, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 431566 | |
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16 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
16 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431566 | |
4 Aug 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431566, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
80SQN RAAF Kittyhawk aircraft A29-1145 flown by Flight Sergeant Hoare 431566 and A29-1214 flown by Flight Lieutenant Vallance 401058 were posted as missing while flying from Balikpapan to Tarakan in Borneo
Flight Lieutenant Vallance is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial as his body was not recovered. FSGT Hoare is buried in Labuan War Cemetery