Bernard James HOVEY

HOVEY, Bernard James

Service Number: 54621
Enlisted: 8 April 1942
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 34 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 29 July 1913
Home Town: Moriac, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Parafield, South Australia, Australia, Parafield, Salisbury, South Australia, Australia, 11 March 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Plot B. Row B. Grave 6, Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Modewarre and District Roll of Honor WW2, Parafield DH-84 Dragon A34-48 Crash site
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 54621
8 Apr 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 54621, No. 34 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Bert and Annie Hovey

Husband of Eileen Mary Hovey of Ceres, Victoria

De Havilland Dragon A34-48 of Number 34 Squadron crashed at Parafield aerodrome, SA killing: Leading Aircraftman Bernard James Hovey 54621 & Pilot Officer Milton Hubert Conkey 413741

(incident covered in book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly)