Jack HOLLOWAY

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Service Number:	2631
Enlisted:	17 January 1938
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 7 April 1916
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Flying Battle, Celebes Island, Netherlands East Indies, 27 February 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 28. Row B. Grave 2. Inscription: "DEARLY LOVED & SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE NAN & SON JOHN".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Jan 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 2631
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Squadron Leader, 2631
27 Feb 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45, Killed in air operations over Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.

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Parents: - James (Jim) Holloway and Stella Elizabeth Oscar married 29th April 1911 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.

Wife: - Nancy Catherine Jane Morris (married 1939 in Victoria), of Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

Fate: - Squadron Leader Jack Holloway of No. 22 Squadron was lost in an aircraft Beaufighter A8-135 when it crashed bombing a bridge at Lake Lymboto.