HOFFMANN, Herbert Charles
| Service Numbers: | 76459, Q123262 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 April 1908 |
| Home Town: | Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Traveller / Fitting Instructor |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Pell, Northern Territory, Australia, 21 April 1944, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT P.D.14., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 76459 | |
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| 22 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q123262 | |
| 6 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
| 6 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 76459 |
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Herbert Charles HOFFMANN was born in Brisbane in Queensland on 4th April, 1908
His parents were Wilhelm (William) HOFFMANN & Harriette Lucy OXFORD
He married Dorothy May CAMPBELL in Queensland on 4th April, 1936
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of William Marcel and Harriet Lucy Hoffman
Husband of Dorothy May Hoffman of Coorparoo, Queensland
Leading Aircraftman Herbert Charles Hoffman 76459 and Flying Officer Frederick William Miller 17364 of Number 14 Aircraft Repair Depot (Mobile Oxygen Plant detachment) working at Number 4 Repair and Salvage Unit were killed in an oxygen bottle explosion at Pell, NT
(details on incident from the book “Restore to Service” by Walter Venn)
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