HURLEY, Frank Louis
Service Number: | 412965 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction |
Born: | Macksville, NSW, 10 February 1913 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Cressy, Tasmania, Cressy, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 1942, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Sec. C11. Grave 60. (GRM/8), Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial |
World War 2 Service
15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412965, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction | |
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15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412965 | |
4 Feb 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412965, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction, Empire Air Training Scheme, Killed in a training accident |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of William Ivon Hurley and Lucy Cornelia Hurley of Newport, NSW
Frank was killed as a result of a mid-air collision between RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft T5463 & T5486 of Number 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Western Junction near Cressy, Tasmania
The pilot of aircraft T5463 Flying Officer James Edward Scascighini 2350 & his crewman Leading Aircraftman Frank Louis Hurley 412965 were both killed.
The pilot of aircraft T5486 Sergeant Raymond Harry Dean 408038 was also killed but his crewman Sergeant John Henry Rust 408097 survived with some slight injuries from his parachute descent.