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F/Sgt Alan Brian Hartley

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F/Sgt Alan Brian Hartley Veteran

Birth
Brandon, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia
Death
21 Jul 1944 (aged 21)
Marke, Arrondissement Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium
Burial
Wevelgem, Arrondissement Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Grave E. 492.
Memorial ID
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Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 426838. (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 467 Squadron, Waddington, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster MKI LM161; Place - Courtrai, Belgium; Date - 20/21 July 1944.
Crashed at Marke on the Southwestern outskirts of the Target during a Raid on the Courtrai Rail Yards.
The crew of Lancaster MKI LM161 were;
JEFFERY, Douglas Bruce - (Flying Officer)- 427420
BENSON, Philip W – (Flight Sergeant) – 424949 * RAAF
DOWNIE, Albert James – (Flight Sergeant) – 414916 * RAAF
ROBERTS, Thomas Leo – (Flight Sergeant)– 423922 * RAAF
ROY, Maxwell Keith G – (Flight Sergeant) – 437162 # RAAF
HARTLEY, Alan Brian – (Flight Sergeant) – 426838 * RAAF
EDE, John Ernest R – (Warrant Officer) – 628555 RAF.

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Townsville Qld, also his name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Percy and Mabel Annie Hartley, of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Father Percy Hartley (1891-1974)
Mother Mabel Annie Ching Do (1894-1994)
Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 426838. (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 467 Squadron, Waddington, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster MKI LM161; Place - Courtrai, Belgium; Date - 20/21 July 1944.
Crashed at Marke on the Southwestern outskirts of the Target during a Raid on the Courtrai Rail Yards.
The crew of Lancaster MKI LM161 were;
JEFFERY, Douglas Bruce - (Flying Officer)- 427420
BENSON, Philip W – (Flight Sergeant) – 424949 * RAAF
DOWNIE, Albert James – (Flight Sergeant) – 414916 * RAAF
ROBERTS, Thomas Leo – (Flight Sergeant)– 423922 * RAAF
ROY, Maxwell Keith G – (Flight Sergeant) – 437162 # RAAF
HARTLEY, Alan Brian – (Flight Sergeant) – 426838 * RAAF
EDE, John Ernest R – (Warrant Officer) – 628555 RAF.

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Townsville Qld, also his name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Percy and Mabel Annie Hartley, of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Father Percy Hartley (1891-1974)
Mother Mabel Annie Ching Do (1894-1994)

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REST IN PEACE



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