William George HOGG

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HOGG, William George

Service Number:	429322
Enlisted:	11 September 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Toowoomba , Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1924
Home Town:	Greenmount, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba Grammar School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 11 April 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Maubeuge-Centre Cemetery, France Row B. Grave 11. Local Roll of Honour- Greenmount Qld, Maubeuge-Centre Cemetery, Maubeuge, Avesnes sur Helpe, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Toowoomba Anglican College Faithful Unto Death

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 429322
11 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 429322
11 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429322
11 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429322, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William Ballantine Hogg and Helen Nita Hogg, of Greenmount, Queensland

F/SGT. W. G. HOGG
BELIEVED DEAD
The parents of Flight-Sergeant W. G. Hogg have been officially advised that their son, who was reported missing on April 10, 1944, is now believed to have lost his life. This information has come from the International Red Cross at Geneva, which ' states that, according to an official German casualty list, the Whole crew of nine lost their lives when a Lancaster bomber, in which Flight-Sergeant Hogg was mid-gunner, crashed in France and are buried at Nord, Maubeuge, France. Flight-Sergeant Hogg was in his 20th year and was the only son of Mr and Mrs W. G. Hogg, of Greenmount (Q.), and grandson of Mr and Mrs Charles Morley, Tweed Heads.

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