Thomas James HOGAN

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Service Number:	64555
Enlisted:	11 May 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 5 January 1911
Home Town:	Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Intermediate Certificate, Junior Technical Certificate
Occupation:	Press Photographer / Electrical Mechanic
Died:	Ground Accident, New Guinea, 30 April 1944, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row D. Grave 6. Inscription: "EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE MAE AND DAUGHTER JAN".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 64555
11 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 64555, Repair and Servicing Units
11 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 64555
30 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 64555, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots, Posted to 10 Repair and Salvage Milne Bay. Discharged by death: - Died from accidental drowning Kiriwina Island.

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Leading Aircraftman Thomas James Hogan 64555 of Number 10 Repair and Servicing Unit drowned at North Beach, Kirwina Island, New Guinea