Gerald Grierson BOCQUET

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BOCQUET, Gerald Grierson

Service Number:	A22117
Enlisted:	10 April 1943
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia, 15 January 1925
Home Town:	Woolloomooloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Warrant Officer - aircrew
Died:	Flying Accident, At sea (off Wollongong, NSW, Australia), 27 October 1952, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

10 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A22117
27 Oct 1952:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A22117
Date unknown:	Involvement Warrant Officer, A22117

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

27 October 1952 - Dakota A65-113 from the Aircraft Research and Development Unit crashed at sea off Wollongong (Botany Bay) with the 4 RAAF crew members plus 2 CSIRO scientists killed:

Warrant Officer Gerald Grierson Bocquet A22117 / 433459

Squadron Leader Peter Gordon Fisher O5825 / 415416

Flight Lieutenant Alfred Frederick Tafe O3541 / 3932

Aircraftwoman Margaret Evelyn Costello W225924 (enlisted post WW2)

Styles, R.S.

Campbell, F.C.

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