Joseph LOCKHART

LOCKHART, Joseph

Service Number: 401041
Enlisted: 8 December 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1918
Home Town: Tooleybuc, Wakool, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Malaya, 26 January 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nyah Memorial Gates
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 401041
8 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401041, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Joseph Lockhart 401041 of 36SQN RAF was killed when Vickers Vildebeest K4168 was shot down over Singapore - also killed were Flight Lieutenant Richardson 40017 RAF and Sergeant Harris 755290 RAF

(First flown in 1928 the RAF Vickers Vildebeest was a large single-engined biplane used as a light bomber - the last few examples in service were flown against invading Japanese forces in Singapore and Java in early 1942)