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HUTCHINS, Bernard George
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 408654 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | ELSTERNWICK, VIC, 1 October 1918 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Mallala, Mallala, South Australia, Australia, 14 October 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia C. of E. Plot. Sec. 5. Grave 102. (GRM/3), Burwood General Cemetery, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mallala Ansons W2254 and W2257 Crash Site, Ringwood Country Roads Board WW2 Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Mid-Air collision of Avro Anson W2254 & W2257 of 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala resulting in the deaths of Leading Aircraftman John Gordon Maslen 416356 / Pilot Officer Charles Edward Somerville 402680 (aircraft W2257) & Leading Aircraftman Bernard George Hutchins 408654 / Sergeant Ian Bruce Blacker 407163 (aircraft W2254)
Bernard Hutchins was the son of Henry Joseph and Myra Fortescue Hutchins of Caulfield, Victoria