BROCKHOFF, Ralph Lindsay
| Service Number: | 416144 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 March 1941, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
| Born: | Forest Range, South Australia, 15 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Paruna, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Westbourne Park Primary School, Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Press Operator |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Ontario, Canada, 5 December 1941, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Aylmer Cemetery, Aylmer, Ontario, Canada Plot 546. Lemon family plot. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Loxton Browns Well & District WW2 Pictorial Roll of Honour, Loxton Meribah WW2 Honour Roll, Paruna Browns Well & District Memory of the Fallen Arch Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Mar 1941: | Involvement 416144 | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 416144, Adelaide, SA | |
| 5 Dec 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 416144, Aircrew Training Units | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur Charles and Lola Eveline Brockhoff, of Unley, South Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Brockhoff, of Mary street, Unley, formerly of Meribah, have been informed that their son, LAC Ralph Lindsay Brockhoff (22), was reported to have lost his life in a flying accident in Canada on December 5. He was a good all-round athlete. Before enlistment he was employed in the correspondence office of Harris, Scarfe Ltd. He left for overseas on September 1.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Ralph Lindsay Brockhoff 416144 RAAF and Pilot Officer Lawrence Charles Gooch J/6178 RCAF were killed when Harvard 3198 of Number 14 Service Flying Training School RCAF based at Aylmer, Ontario crashed 2 miles north east of Tillsonburg in Ontario, Canada
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