Harry Thomas HOPGOOD

HOPGOOD, Harry Thomas

Service Number: 683
Enlisted: 10 December 1934
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Mosman, New South Wales, Australia , 5 April 1914
Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Student
Died: Training Accident, Aeroplane Ridge, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1940, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
R.C. plot Sec 17. Grave 3 Local Roll of Honour- Sydney New South Wales Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Non Warlike Service

10 Dec 1934: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 683
1 Jul 1935: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Returned from reserve (CMF)

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 683
20 May 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 683, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF), Refresher training
Date unknown: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer Hopgood 683 (Pilot) and Sergeant Monterola 2504 (Observer) were killed when Wirraway aircraft A20-17 of Number 22 Squadron crashed at Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains