James Austin HAKEWILL

HAKEWILL, James Austin

Service Numbers: 417747, VX25703
Enlisted: 12 June 1940
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 10 April 1917
Home Town: Billabong, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Mildura High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: School Teacher
Died: Flying Battle, Norway, 5 December 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England. Panel 257.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll, Runnymede Memorial
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frank Ridgway Hakewill and Marguerite Leigh Hakewill, of Mildura, Victoria, Australia.

Served with A.I.F. in Middle East, 1941-1942.