Richard William (Dick) HANCOCK

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HANCOCK, Richard William

Service Number:	65526
Enlisted:	3 June 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Warialda, New South Wales, Australia, 6 February 1922
Home Town:	Chittaway Point, Wyong Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Warialda Railway School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer/farmer before war then a Plumber
Died:	1 Bacterial Infection/ Chronic renal failure, Gosford Hospital, , New South Wales, Australia, 2002
Cemetery:	Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery & Crematorium, Leppington, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

3 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 65526
16 Jan 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 65526

Richard William Hancock

Richard William Hancock also known as Dick
Born 06/02/1922 Warialda
Second child to Robert C Hancock and Jessie I (Charters) Hancock from “Tara” Warialda
Attended Warialda Railway School
Airforce Records. WW2 6th Squadron
Enlisted 3/6/1942 Discharge 16/1/1946
Stationed at Cairns,Horn Island, Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Goodenough Island, Morotia, Darwin and Nowra NSW (These places were quoted in a personal letter to his grandson)
Married Vera H.H. Butters in 1947
After the War became a Plumber for the Public Works
Loved Fishing and growing his own vegetables
Died in Gosford Hospital 2002 and cremated in Leppington Cemetery Near Sydney

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