John Alfred NOSKE

NOSKE, John Alfred

Service Number: 427016
Enlisted: 26 April 1942
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 101 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1922
Home Town: Williams, Williams, Western Australia
Schooling: Concordia College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farm hand
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 31 March 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery
Plot 14, Row F, Grave 14,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Highgate Concordia College WW2 Honour Board, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Williams War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

26 Apr 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 427016, Perth, Western Australia
26 Apr 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427016, No. 101 Squadron (RAF)
26 Mar 1943: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427016, Melbourne, (for the UK)
31 Mar 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427016, No. 101 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edwin Trangott and Lily H. Noske of Western Australia

In 1934-35 atttended a Victorian State School

In 1937 he attended Concordia College in Victoria

Played Tennis and Cricket for district competions

Plane was Lancaster LL861 lost at LauterBach, Germany while on air operations to the target of Nuremburg