FLOCKART, Derwent Pearce
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1916, Laverton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
| Born: | Casterton, Victoria, Australia, 3 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Illness, Hobart, Tasmania, 12 June 1970, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Nar Nar Goon Melbourne Electric Supply Company Limited Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Laverton, Victoria | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 13 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, No. 5 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Derwent Pearce FLOCKART was born in Casterton, Victoria on 3rd September, 1894
His parents were Robert Munday FLOCKART & Henrietta PEARCE
He enlisted with the No. 2 Australian Flying Corp Head Quarters on 10th June, 1916 and embarked on the HMAT Ulysses on 25th October, 1916 - he was transferred to the 69th Squadron and later the No. 5 Training Squadron
He married Edith Briscoe MacNEILL on 2nd December, 1926 at the Trinity Presyberian Churchh in Camberwell, Victoria
Derwent died in Hobart on 12th June 1970 (Cremation)
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His brother Robert Pearce FLOCKART served during WW1 as a Captain and died at sea in the hospital ship Gascon from wounds received at Gallipoli
Another brother Alan Pearce FLOCKART served as a Lieutenant during WW1
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