Eric Hamilton BARKLEY

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Service Number:	250281
Enlisted:	9 October 1937
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia , 28 April 1915
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Scotch College, Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Accidental, Off North East Coast Australia, 28 February 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 9, Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Catalina A24-25 Memorial Plaque, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

9 Oct 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 250281
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Air Force , Squadron Leader, 250281, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 250281

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Plane was Catalina A24-25 and was acting as anti submarine escort of a convoy heading for MIlne Bay

Last communcation was that it was forced to land. 3 days of searching failed to find any evidence of A24-25 location

Sports played were Golf, Rowing, Swimming, Tennis