HOCKLEY, Allan James Neville
Service Number: | 420197 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 214 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Enfield, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1917 |
Home Town: | Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bus Driver |
Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 25 May 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Yerseke General Cemetery Grave 171 Headstone Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 420197 | |
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25 May 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 420197, No. 214 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Allan James Neville Hockley 420197 RAAF and Sergeant Raymond Simpson 1805752 RAF of 214SQN RAF were killed when B17 Flying Fortress SR384 was shot down over Holland (target: Antwerp, Belgium)
Warrant Officer Raoul Trichon Lyall RAAF 421541 survived and became a Prisoner of War.
Son of Walter James and Minnie Blanche HOCKLEY, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia.