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HOBBS, Ronald Henry
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 424297, N268390 |
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Enlisted: | 14 March 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Bemboka, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1923 |
Home Town: | Bemboka, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Bega High School (Jan36-Dec36) - Canberra Grammar School (Jan 37-Dec 41) |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Flying Battle, Avant-Les-Marcilly, France, 4 May 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Avant-les-Marcilly Churchyard Aube France Grave 1 Local Roll of Honour - Bemboka, NSW, Avant-les-Marcilly Churchyard, Avant-les-Marcilly, Champagne-Ardenne, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bemboka War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Lancaster ME728 of 460 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Binbrook was shot down and crashed near the town of Avant-Les-Marcilly in France - killed were LLOYD, Norman David Livingstone (Pilot Officer) 414050 / BARR, Dennis Ronald (Flight Sergeant) 418910 / HOBBS, Ronald Henry (Flight Sergeant) 424297