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HOPGOOD, Harry Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 683 |
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Enlisted: | 10 December 1934 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 22 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Mosman, New South Wales, Australia , 5 April 1914 |
Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Training Accident, Aeroplane Ridge, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1940, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales R.C. plot Sec 17. Grave 3 Local Roll of Honour- Sydney New South Wales Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
10 Dec 1934: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 683 | |
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1 Jul 1935: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Returned from reserve (CMF) |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 683 | |
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20 May 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 683, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF), Refresher training | |
Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Hopgood 683 (Pilot) and Sergeant Monterola 2504 (Observer) were killed when Wirraway aircraft A20-17 of Number 22 Squadron crashed at Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains