Arthur George HODGES

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HODGES, Arthur George

Service Number:	267209
Enlisted:	9 January 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1916
Home Town:	Lewisham, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 1944, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row B Grave 8,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic Schools WW2 & Vietnam Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 267209
9 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 267209

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Beaufighter A19-194 and A19-36 from Number 5 Operational Training Unit (5OTU) were involved in a mid-air collision over the ocean off Evans Head, NSW

Flying Officer Parker 29099 and Sergeant Tyack 431342 were killed in A19-36

Flight Lieutenant Hodges 267209 and Flight Lieutenant Young DFC 406671 (body not recovered, commemorated on Panel 5 of the Sydney Memorial) were killed in A19-194

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