Ernest Joseph HISKINS

HISKINS, Ernest Joseph

Service Number: 410058
Enlisted: 8 November 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Corowa, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1922
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Timor, 15 April 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rutherglen WW2 Honour Wall
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 410058
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410058, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Ernest Barton Hiskins and Alice Mary Hiskins of Brunswick, Victoria

RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-178 of Number 31 Squadron went missing off the coast of Timor - both crewmen were reported killed: Flight Sergeant Ernest Joseph Hiskins 410058 & Flight Sergeant Harry Shephardson Ashbolt 415064

Both men are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT