John Kelvin HOARE

HOARE, John Kelvin

    Service Number: 431566
    Enlisted: 16 July 1943
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 80 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1925
    Home Town: Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Flying Battle, Tarakan, Borneo, 4 August 1945, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
    Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 431566
    16 Jul 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
    16 Jul 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431566
    4 Aug 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431566, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    80SQN RAAF Kittyhawk aircraft A29-1145 flown by Flight Sergeant Hoare 431566 and A29-1214 flown by Flight Lieutenant Vallance 401058 were posted as missing while flying from Balikpapan to Tarakan in Borneo

    Flight Lieutenant Vallance is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial as his body was not recovered.  FSGT Hoare is buried in Labuan War Cemetery

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