Lewis James HARTLEY

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HARTLEY, Lewis James

Service Number:	401787
Enlisted:	29 March 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1921
Home Town:	Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Ivanhoe State School and Northcote High School - Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk - Metropolitan Gas Company
Died:	Accidental, New Guinea, 28 April 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 21. Inscription: "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 401787
29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401787
28 Apr 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401787, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Discharged by death. Died in aircraft accident - Hudson A16-153 crashed soon after take-off from Port Moresby.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

News has been received of the death of Pilot Officer Lewis James HARTLEY, aged 21 years, In an air craft accident at Port Moresby. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hartley. 4 Hawker-street, Ivanhoe. He was educated at Ivanhoe State school and Northcote high school, and was a keen tennis player and skater. Pilot Officer Hartley was on the staff of the Metropolitan Gas Company when he joined the R.A.A.F. In March, 1941.

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