John Richard HUTCHINS

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Service Number:	405685
Enlisted:	24 May 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Group 45 Transport Command (RAF)
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, 29 October 1913
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Colliery clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Off Brazil, 22 February 1944, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 3, Column 5, Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada

24 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 405685, Brisbane, Queensland
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 405685
22 Feb 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 405685, Group 45 Transport Command (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme

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Son of William George and Pricella Hannah Hutchins of Ipswich, QLD

Lost while on air operations from Sanders, British Quiens, South America