Clifford Berger HOPGOOD

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HOPGOOD, Clifford Berger

Service Number:	414565
Enlisted:	12 October 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1915
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Church of England Grammar School & Central Technical College
Occupation:	Departmental Manager
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 24 February 1944, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Villers-sous-Preny Churchyard, Lorraine, France Villers-sous-Preny is a village and commune 33 kilometres north-west of Nancy and 52 kilometres south east of Verdun. In the churchyard, east of the church, are the graves of the four airmen, including F/Sgt Hopgood, killed when their Lancaster ARJ2 was shot down on 24/2/1944.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 414565
12 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
12 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414565
8 Jun 1943:	Involvement Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Transferred to 27 OTU at RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire for training in Wellingtons
5 Sep 1943:	Involvement RAF Conversion Units , Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Transferred to 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire for training in Lancasters
28 Nov 1943:	Involvement No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Transferred to 460 Squadron via a short initial posting from 1656 HCU to 626 Squadron on 11 November 1943.
24 Feb 1944:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed

Clifford Berger HOPGOOD was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 3rd August, 1915

His parents were Francis William HOPGOOD & May Frances Berger LINDGREN

He married Margaret Warren NEWLANDS in Brisbane on 27th May, 1939

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His brother Colin Vincent HOPGOOD also served during WW2 as a Captain in the 1st Signals, AIF (SN QX5304) and was discharged on 4th February, 1946

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