Verne Edward COCKROFT

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Service Number:	425605
Enlisted:	25 April 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 23 October 1919
Home Town:	Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	S.G.H.S. & Buranda State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Lost on Operations, France, 8 July 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Courgent Communal Cemetery, France Grave 5. CWGC section - seven graves - the crew of Lancaster LM338 lost 8 Jul 1944,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

25 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 425605, Aircrew Training Units
25 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425605
8 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425605, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Son of Harry David COCKROFT and Emma Andrews ROSS of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Bomb Aimer of No. 467 Squadron Lancaster LM338 lost on operations 8 July 1944 over Courgent, France.