Vernon James HEDLEY

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HEDLEY, Vernon James

Service Number:	409303
Enlisted:	7 December 1940, Seymour, VIC
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Woodville, South Australia , 29 September 1920
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Audit Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 16 March 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Plot 9. Row A. Grave 1. Local Roll of Honour- Caulfield Victoria , Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

7 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Seymour, VIC
15 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Melbourne, VIC
15 Aug 1941:	Involvement Flying Officer, 409303
15 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409303
8 Nov 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
28 May 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
2 Jul 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409303, Embarked Sydney for United Kingdom
29 Nov 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
28 Nov 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer
26 Apr 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
26 Oct 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
24 Feb 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409303, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster PB816 of Number 460 Squadron crashed near Spielbach, Germany with only one survivor: Flight Sergeant Alan Webster Halls 429151 who became a POW after baling out.

RAF Sergeant AJ MacDonald along with Flight Sergeant Milton Keith Jurd 435564 / Flight Sergeant James William Prouse 431468 / Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Binder 431194 / Flight Sergeant Morgan James Parry 428877 were all killed outright.

Flying Officer Vernon James Hedley 409303 was shot while evading capture after baling out. Details of his death are covered in the book "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Oliver Clutton-Brock

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