Terence John HEMPENSTALL

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HEMPENSTALL, Terence John

Service Number:	426590
Enlisted:	11 July 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine
Born:	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 20 August 1918
Home Town:	Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College, Rockhampton
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 23 December 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Narromine General Cemetery RC Plot Sec F(L) Grave 21
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine-Based Airmen Killed in Air Crashes 1940-45 Memorial Plaque

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 426590
11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426590, No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426590

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Berndt 426773 and LAC Hempenstall 426590 from 5EFTS were the pilots of Tiger Moth aircraft A17-113 & A17-472 which were involved in a mid-air collision approximately 3 miles north east of Narromine Aerodrome in NSW - both men were killed, no other crew onboard.

Biography contributed

Terence John HEMPENSTALL was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland on 20th August, 1918

His parents were George Worth HEMPENSTALL & Margaret SHEEHAN

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