LOCKWOOD, John McAllaster Hardman
Service Number: | 554 |
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Enlisted: | 4 September 1939, Point Cook, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 23 December 1919 |
Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Jackeroo, Photographer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, 14 February 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
4 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 554, No. 21 Squadron (RAAF), Point Cook, Victoria | |
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14 Feb 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 554, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF) | |
Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded posthumously |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John was born as Jack Alister LOCKWOOD on 23rd December, 1919 in Geelong, Victoria - he was also known as John McAlister
His parents were John Porritt Hardman LOCKWOOD & Inez Alexandrina LAMONT who married in Perth, Western Australia in 1899
He enlisted in Point Cook, Victoria with the RAAF on 4th September, 1939
He married Mary Patricia (Betty) PERCY in Malaya
John died in a Flying Battle in Sumatra on 14th February, 1942 - no known grave and his death was presumed as he was missing
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Singapore Memorial