Virtual War Memorial | Sir Valston Eldridge (Val) HANCOCK KBE, CB,

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HANCOCK, Valston Eldridge

Service Number:	O315
Enlisted:	1 February 1929
Last Rank:	Air Marshal
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 31 May 1907
Home Town:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Schooling:	Imperial Defence College, London, England and Royal Military College Duntroon, Australia
Occupation:	Air Force officer
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 29 September 1998, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Lance Howard Memorial Gardens - 0007
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World War 2 Service

1 Feb 1929:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal, O315
15 Jan 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, O315, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Transfer
31 May 1965:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal, O315

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