Bernard Peter (Handsome) HICKEY

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Service Number:	404431
Enlisted:	16 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 458 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Toowoomba Queensland Australia , 30 August 1913
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Brisbane Nudgee College, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Australian Squad Rugby League ; Cabinet maker
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 8 January 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery France Plot 6. Row C. Grave 3.,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 404431
16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404431
16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404431
8 Jan 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404431, No. 458 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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