HOVEY, Bernard James
Service Number: | 54621 |
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Enlisted: | 8 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 34 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 29 July 1913 |
Home Town: | Moriac, Surf Coast, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Parafield, South Australia, Australia, Parafield, Salisbury, South Australia, Australia, 11 March 1943, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plot B. Row B. Grave 6, Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Modewarre and District Roll of Honor WW2, Parafield DH-84 Dragon A34-48 Crash site |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 54621 | |
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8 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 54621, No. 34 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Bert and Annie Hovey
Husband of Eileen Mary Hovey of Ceres, Victoria
De Havilland Dragon A34-48 of Number 34 Squadron crashed at Parafield aerodrome, SA killing: Leading Aircraftman Bernard James Hovey 54621 & Pilot Officer Milton Hubert Conkey 413741
(incident covered in book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly)