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HINKLER, Herbert John

Service Numbers:	Officer, N/A
Enlisted:	7 September 1914
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Air Force
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 8 December 1892
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	North Bundaberg State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Inventor/ Aviator
Died:	Aircraft Accident , Pratomagno, Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 7 January 1933, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, Florence, Toscana, Italy
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer, Officer, Royal Naval Air Service (WW1)

Non Warlike Service

27 Apr 1933:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, N/A, Royal Australian Air Force

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader

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