John Groves HODGES

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HODGES, John Groves

Service Number:	407967
Enlisted:	27 February 1941, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 18 February 1922
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Augusta and Unley High Schools, South Australia
Occupation:	Junior Draftsman, South Australian Railways
Died:	Flying Accident, Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 5 June 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Presbyterian Plot. Section B. Block 10. Grave 900
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Augusta District WW2 Honour Board, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Port Augusta St Augustine's Church Memorial Honor Roll, Port Augusta Swimming Club Memorial Garden and Arch, Soldiers' Memorial Band Rotunda

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 407967
27 Feb 1941:	Involvement Sergeant, 407967
27 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407967, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date unknown:	Involvement
Date unknown:	Involvement Sergeant, 407967, 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg, RAAF

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Avro Anson W1608 of Number 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg crashed near Biggenden in Queensland with all crew killed:

Sergeant Stephen Leigh Kilpatrick 408813 - Son of Robert and Ivy Myrtle Kilpatrick of Shepparton East, Victoria

Sergeant John Groves Hodges 407967 - Son of Gilbert John and Florence Anne Hodges of Camberwell, Victoria

Sergeant Tom Barnett Clark 416556 - Son of Tom and Zoe Thelma Clark of Campbelltown, SA

Biography

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1931 - 1954) Friday 3 July 1942

R.A.A.F List Contains 171 Names

MELBOURNE. July 2.

The latest RAAF casualty list issued today contains the names of 114 members serving overseas, and 57 in Australia or Australian Territories. South Australia.

AUSTRALIA OR AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY

Killed In Air Operations—Sgt T. B. Clark, Campbelltown; Sgt. J G. Hodges, Port Augusta.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48873135 (nla.gov.au)

The Mail (Adelaide, SA: 1912 - 1954) Saturday 20 June 1942

AIRMAN KILLED

Advice as been received by Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Hodges that their son, Sgt.- Pilot J. G. Hodges, was killed in an air accident in Queensland.

Sgt.-Pilot Hodges received his early education at Port Augusta, and later attended the Unley High School. He was employed by the S.A. Railways as a junior draftsman at the time of his enlistment in 1940.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55770663 (nla.gov.au)

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