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BOCK, Eric Alan
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | N152107, 423214 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 625 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West - New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft shot down on Night Bombing Raid, Hollenstein, Germany, 13 August 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Coll. grave 26. C. 6-9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 28 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N152107, General Hospitals - WW2 | |
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| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 423214, Aircrew Training Units | |
| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423214 | |
| 13 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423214, No. 625 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Eric Alan Brock was born in Cook's Hill, a suburb of NEwcastle in New South wales, in 1922.
Enlisting in the RAAF in June 1942, Flt Sgt Allan BOCK trained as a Navigator under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Canada and England, and was posted to 625 Squadron RAF operating Lancaster bombers.
On the night of 12/13 August 1944, Flt Sgt BOCK's Lancaster, serial number ME733, radio call sign CF-Z, was shot down and crashed at Hollenstein, Germany after an operational sortie over Brunswick. He was killed alongside six other crew members, aged 21 yo.
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