John Edward HILLER

HILLER, John Edward

    Service Number: 407550
    Enlisted: 9 November 1940
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Glenelg, South Australia, 11 June 1911
    Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Rengit, Burma, Far East, 27 September 1941, aged 30 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Singapore Memorial, Singapore
    Memorials: Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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    World War 2 Service

    9 Nov 1940: Involvement Pilot Officer, 407550
    9 Nov 1940: Enlisted Adelaide
    9 Nov 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407550
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Pilot Officer John Edward Hiller 407550 RAAF and Sergeant Leslie John Wigglesworth 637848 RAF of 100SQN RAF was killed when Vickers Vildebeest K6404 crashed near Rengit, Burma - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Singapore Memorial

    Pilot Officer Thomas Ronald Lamb 41692 RAF survived the incident

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