Joseph DOCHERTY

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Service Number:	411878
Enlisted:	21 June 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 21 March 1913
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Deal Island, Tasmania, Australia, 23 September 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.R.B.16, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 411878
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411878

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Son of Gilbert and Margaret Docherty of Laurieston, Stirlingshire, Scotland

RAAF Oxford aircraft AS618 crashed off Deal Island in Bass Strait killing all crew onboard:

Flight Sergeant Joseph Docherty 411878

Sergeant Norman Stirling Graham 418504

Pilot Officer Kenneth Roy Cowling 419605

Sergeant Peter Albion Hendrickson 419937

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