James Frederick HEARNE

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HEARNE, James Frederick

Service Number:	676
Enlisted:	8 January 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1920
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1940, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Bathurst General Cemetery RC Plot Section C Row 8 Grave 3, Bathurst General Cemetery, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 676
8 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 676

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon aircraft A34-2 from Number 1 Air Observers School crashed 2 miles SW of Cootamundra after it stalled in a turn resulting in a spin, it then hit the ground and burst into flames killing all crew on board:

Flying Officer (Pilot) James Frederick Hearne 676 buried in Bathurst General Cemetery

AC John Duff Cameron 24119 buried in Toowoomba Cemetery

LAC Ernest Arthur Piercy 404202 buried in Cootamundra General Cemetery

LAC Robert Montgomery 4113 buried in Williamstown General Cemetery, Victoria

LAC James Clifford Stanley 400197 buried in Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Victoria

LAC John Head 402016 buried in Cootamundra General Cemetery (marked as “dangerously injured” on the NAA file - also died 11/11/40)

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