HUTCHINS, Malcolm George
Service Number: | VX37192 |
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Enlisted: | 15 July 1940, Royal Park, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Bombardier |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Lake Boga, Vic., 12 July 1910 |
Home Town: | Woorinen North, Swan Hill, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Driver |
Died: | Shepparton, Vic., 10 August 1990, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Numurkah General Cemetery, Victoria |
Memorials: | Swan Hill Hutchins Brothers Memorial |
World War 2 Service
15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, VX37192, Royal Park, Vic. | |
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7 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, VX37192 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Browning and Mary Elizabeth Hutchins. Husband of Gertrude Hutchins. Mike served in the Middle East, Syria and New Guinea. He served as a Gunner (Service No. VX37192) with the 2/4th Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery for 15 months before returning to Australia. He was sent to New Guinea with the 156th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery protecting the airfields around Port Moresby, Wau and the Owen Stanley Ranges. He returned to Australia and was deemed medically unfit in July 1944 and was discharged.
He died aged 80 years.