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BICKERTON, Hugh Geoffrey
Service Numbers: | 5257, 95257 |
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Enlisted: | 27 August 1944, Laverton, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | Goodenong W/T Station |
Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 12 September 1913 |
Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne University |
Occupation: | Stockbroker |
Died: | Illness, Heidelberg, Military Hospital, Melbourne, Vic., 27 August 1944, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.U.C.1. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 5257 | |
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27 Aug 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 95257, Goodenong W/T Station, Laverton, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Geoffrey and Emma Isabel BICKERTON, 6 Hopetown Road, Toorak, Vic.
COT ENDOWED IN MEMORY
OF FLYING OFFICER
The cot endowed by Mr and Mrs J. G. Bickerton, Hopetoun road, Toorak, in perpetuity, in memory of their son, Flying-Officer Hugh Geoffrey Bickerton, has now been installed at the orthopredic branch of the Children's Hospital, Frankston, and will be formally handed over at an early date. (6 August 1945)