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HINSLEY, David James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 410195 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1941, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 31 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Marist Brother's College Hawthorn, Marist Brother's College East Brunswick |
| Occupation: | Publicity Officer |
| Died: | Training air crash, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Deniliquin War Cemetery, New South Wales Plot D. Row A. Grave 3. |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 5 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 410195, No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| Date unknown: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 410195 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of David and Jane Ruby Hinsley, of Hawthorn, Victoria.
David enjoyed Rugby, Australian Rules Football, Boxing and Physical Culture.
When two aircraft, flying in formation, collided in mid-air at a training school in N.S.W., on Wednesday, two trainee pilots were killed. The victims were: L.A.C. David James Hinsley, 20, single, of Bendigo; and L.A.C. Graeme Marwick Williams, 19, single, of Hawthorn (Melbourne).
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