John Edward ALCOCK

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Service Number:	408056
Enlisted:	17 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 30 January 1918
Home Town:	Deloraine, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor, 1 October 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Northern Territory Memorial Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia. Panel 7.
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Aug 1940:	Involvement Flying Officer, 408056, Australia's Northern Periphery
17 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Aircraftman, 408056, Aircrew Training Units
17 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 408056
1 Oct 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)

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Son of John Reginald and Ida Victoria Alcock of Launceston, Tasmania

13SQN RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-243 was lost in the Koepang, Timor area - all crew were killed:

Flying Officer Paul Coles Gunson 407436

Sergeant Francis Peter Kemp 406871

Flying Officer Geoffrey Vernon Boynton 409020

Flying Officer John Edward Alcock 408056

Sergeant, William Stephen Powell 406813