John Mervyn HANCOCK

HANCOCK, John Mervyn

    Service Number: 2063
    Enlisted: 31 March 1915
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: Royal Flying Corps
    Born: Omeo, Victoria, Australia, 9 November 1893
    Home Town: Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Motor mechanic
    Died: Aircraft accident, Richmond, Surrey, England, 1 March 1919, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Ruislip (St. Martin) Churchyard Extension, Middlesex, England
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    Memorials: Birchip War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2063, Motor Drivers
    13 Apr 1915: Involvement Driver, 2063, Motor Drivers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    13 Apr 1915: Embarked Driver, 2063, Motor Drivers, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
    5 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
    4 Apr 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2063, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Transferred to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant
    5 Apr 1917: Involvement Royal Flying Corps
    Date unknown: Embarked Driver, 2063, 1st Australian General Hospital
    Date unknown: Involvement Driver, 2063, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Serving with a Training Squadron of the then RAF at Northolt in England, during a ferry flight on 1 March 1919, Sopwith Snipe aircraft E6157 flown by Lieutenant Hancock caught fire in flight and involuntary looped, throwing him from the aircraft and he was killed.

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