Rex Allan Charles HOSCHER

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HOSCHER, Rex Allan Charles

Service Number:	412535
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Beaulieu, New South Wales, Australia, 8 August 1920
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Menangle, New South Wales, Australia, 29 March 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Camden War Cemetery Plot E Row A Grave 3, Camden War Cemetery, Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 412535

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Herbert Adolph and Doris Hildergarde Hoscher; husband of Pearl Mary Winifrede Hoscher, Milson's Point.

Rex is commemorated on the Roll of Honour at Granville NSW

15SQN Beaufort A9-550 based at the Menangle Paceway airfield crashed after take-off when the port engine failed - all crew onboard were killed: Flight Sergeant Johnston 420024 (Pilot) / Flying Officer Durrant 422555 (2nd Pilot) / Flying Officer Wheller 426408 (Navigator) / Flight Sergeant Hoscher 412535 (W/T Operator) / AC Bray 141632 (ground crew)

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