HODGES, Arthur George
| Service Number: | 267209 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1940, Laverton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
| Born: | Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1916 |
| Home Town: | Lewisham, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| 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 | |
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| 9 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 267209, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Laverton, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert Stephen and Myrtle Rose Hodges.
SYDNEY, Sun. — When two R.A.A.F. aircraft collided during low-level training exercises in northern New South Wales four airmen were killed.
The planes crashed into the sea.
Those killed were: —
Flying Officer Norman Lewis Parker, of Gerald ton (W.A.).
Sergeant Neville Martin Tyack. of Caulfield, Vic.
Flight Lieut. Arthur George Hodges, of Casino.
Flight Lieut. Arthur Curlewis H. Young, of Newcastle.
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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