Hartley Horace LOCKIE

LOCKIE, Hartley Horace

Service Number: NX151680
Enlisted: 11 August 1942
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: HQ Base Ordnance Depots
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 February 1908
Home Town: Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Springsure, Queensland, Australia, 16 November 1943, aged 35 years
Cemetery: North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld
Plot A. Row A. Grave 16
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lieutenant, NX151680
11 Aug 1942: Enlisted Lieutenant, HQ Base Ordnance Depots
11 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX151680

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lieutenant Harley Horace Lockie (NX151680) of HQ Number 12 Advanced Ordnance Depot, Australian Army Ordnance Corps

Son of Sidney Leslie and Nellie Lockie

Husband of Madge Grahame Lockie of Orange, NSW

 

USAAC Dakota C-47A (C-47-20-DL, VH-CGK, #42-23420 possibly named Pushy Cat) of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group left Batchelor airfield headed for Archerfield airfield in Brisbane. The aircraft broke up in mid-air during a violent storm over Rewan Station south of Springsure in Queensland killing all on board:

USAAC (Crew):

2nd Lieutenant Raymond E. Anglin (Pilot) (0-665501)

2nd Lieutenant Joseph W. Kennedy (Co-pilot) (0-680036)

Sergeant Frank J. Ropinski (Aerial Engineer)

Sergeant Harold L. Baumstein (Radio Operator)

Sergeant Robert L. Adkins (passenger)

 

Australian Army (passengers):

Lieutenant Harley Horace Lockie (NX151680)

Lieutenant Ross Rowsell (NX107453)

Sergeant Victor Frederick Bishop (NX82072)

Sergeant Thomas William Davey (VX69200)

Sergeant William Joseph Parker (NX133213)

Gunner William Howard Dorman (QX24775)

Private Andrew Henry Mildren (QX52001)

 

Royal Australian Air Force (passengers):

Flight Lieutenant Roy Edgar Abbot (264204)

Flight Lieutenant Albert Ernest Watkin (405265)

Sergeant Ronald Keith Pitchford (410850)

Corporal William Brady (35720)

Corporal Francis Paul Morris (71310)

LAC John Given Maxwell (21638)

LAC Stanley Kirk Sims (28071) 452 Sqn

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