LOCKLEY, Albert James Verdun
| Service Number: | 411154 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Bonnyrigg, New South Wales, Australia, 4 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Collaroy, Warringah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Air Operations, Timor Sea, Netherlands East Indies, 14 April 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 411154 | |
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| 26 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 26 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411154, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Robert and Mary Jane Lockley
Husband of Winifred Schiela Lockley of Collaroy, NSW
Commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located in Adelaide River War Cemetery
RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-137 of Number 13 Squadron failed to return from a mission to Koepang, Timor - all crew killed:
Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Orchard 408663
Pilot Officer Patrick Coulston Taylor 401158
Sergeant Donald Thomas Thomson 408601
Pilot Officer Albert James Verdun Lockley 411154
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert James Verdun LOCKLEY was born in Bonnyrigg, Sydney on 4th March, 1916
His parents were Robert LOCKLEY & Mary Jane TRACE who married in Sydney in 1907
He married Winifred Schiela BROWN in St Andrews Church in Manly, Sydney on 6th June 1941
He previously enlisted on 13th February, 1939 in the Army -115 Heavy Battery (SN 455190) before being discharged & enlisting in the RAAF
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His brother William Edward LOCKLEY (SN 41436 died in an Aircraft Accident on 10th October, 1939 (No. 233 Squadron RAF)
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