FLECKNOE, John Edwin
Service Number: | 402920 |
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Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 458 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Sydney New South Wales Australia , 5 November 1917 |
Home Town: | Wollstonecraft, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Middle East, 16 June 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt. Column 278. |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crows Nest Presbyterian Church WW2 Book of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 402920 | |
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11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402920 | |
11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 402920 | |
16 Jun 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 402920, No. 458 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Local Roll of Honour- Wollstonecraft Sydney New South Wales Australia
FLECKNOE.-June 16, 1943, Flight-Sergeant John Edwin Flecknoe (R.A.A.F., at R.A.F., Middle East), posted missing air operations over Mediterranean, now presumed dead, beloved eldest son of Arthur E.
and the late Mabel Flecknoe, of Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, aged 25 years.