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HOFTO, Thomas Halvor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 428187 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1943, Hobart, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 November 1924 |
| Home Town: | New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Hobart State High School |
| Occupation: | Paper maker |
| Died: | Illness, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom, 1 April 1945, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery Plot 39. Sec. H. Row E. Grave 259. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, New Norfolk War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 428187 | |
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| 21 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 428187, Hobart, Tas. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Halvor and Blanche Eva Hofto, of New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia.
FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"
HOFTO.---On April 1, 1945, at Tetbury Hospital, Gloucestershire, England, Flt-Sgt Thomas Halvor (RAAF), beloved elder son of Halvor and Eva Hofto, 41 Derwent Ter., New Norfolk, and brother of Ted (RAAF), aged 20 years.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Thomas Halvo Hofto 428187 died in Tetbury, Gloucester, England - at the time he was posted to Number 15 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
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