George Stacey HODGES DFC

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Service Numbers:	O4624, 407429
Enlisted:	12 October 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Welland, South Australia, 15 January 1915
Home Town:	Berri, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Berri Primary and Renmark High, South Australia
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 22 October 2004, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Salisbury Memorial Park, South Australia
Memorials:	Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand & Roll of Honour

12 Oct 1940:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 407429
12 Oct 1940:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, O4624
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, O4624
31 Oct 1941:	Wounded Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407429, Plane shot down over Lake Victoria, Uganda
26 Sep 1945:	Discharged
Date unknown:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross

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