Service Number: 404945
Enlisted: 5 January 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia , 17 June 1916
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Scotch College, Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Clerk (8 yrs) - State Treasury Dept, Queensland.
Died: Aircraft Accident , Maluku, Indonesia, 1 January 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated: - Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia Methodist Uniting Church New B (Memorial)
Memorials: Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Lucia King's College WW2 Roll of Honour
Remembered: Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Indonesia
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 January 1942, Hudson A16-29 crashed at sea to the north of Ambon while returning from a shipping search. The event was witnessed by the crews of two accompanying Hudsons. The aircraft's bombs detonated on impact but miraculously Sergeant Hack survived and was rescued by a USN Catalina aircraft some 15 minutes later. The loss of A16-29 is recounted in detail in The 13 Squadron Story.
The crew members of A16-29 were:
Pilot Officer Robert Kelvin Allen (404945) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Bernie Edward Hack (407102) (Wireless Air Gunner) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 22 September 1943
Sergeant Walter John Lay (408079) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Turnbull (642) (Pilot)
Enlisted: 5 January 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia , 17 June 1916
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Scotch College, Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Clerk (8 yrs) - State Treasury Dept, Queensland.
Died: Aircraft Accident , Maluku, Indonesia, 1 January 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated: - Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia Methodist Uniting Church New B (Memorial)
Memorials: Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Lucia King's College WW2 Roll of Honour
Remembered: Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Indonesia
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 January 1942, Hudson A16-29 crashed at sea to the north of Ambon while returning from a shipping search. The event was witnessed by the crews of two accompanying Hudsons. The aircraft's bombs detonated on impact but miraculously Sergeant Hack survived and was rescued by a USN Catalina aircraft some 15 minutes later. The loss of A16-29 is recounted in detail in The 13 Squadron Story.
The crew members of A16-29 were:
Pilot Officer Robert Kelvin Allen (404945) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Bernie Edward Hack (407102) (Wireless Air Gunner) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 22 September 1943
Sergeant Walter John Lay (408079) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Turnbull (642) (Pilot)
Service Number: 404945
Enlisted: 5 January 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia , 17 June 1916
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Scotch College, Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Clerk (8 yrs) - State Treasury Dept, Queensland.
Died: Aircraft Accident , Maluku, Indonesia, 1 January 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated: - Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia Methodist Uniting Church New B (Memorial)
Memorials: Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Lucia King's College WW2 Roll of Honour
Remembered: Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Indonesia
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 January 1942, Hudson A16-29 crashed at sea to the north of Ambon while returning from a shipping search. The event was witnessed by the crews of two accompanying Hudsons. The aircraft's bombs detonated on impact but miraculously Sergeant Hack survived and was rescued by a USN Catalina aircraft some 15 minutes later. The loss of A16-29 is recounted in detail in The 13 Squadron Story.
The crew members of A16-29 were:
Pilot Officer Robert Kelvin Allen (404945) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Bernie Edward Hack (407102) (Wireless Air Gunner) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 22 September 1943
Sergeant Walter John Lay (408079) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Turnbull (642) (Pilot)
Enlisted: 5 January 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia , 17 June 1916
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Scotch College, Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Clerk (8 yrs) - State Treasury Dept, Queensland.
Died: Aircraft Accident , Maluku, Indonesia, 1 January 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated: - Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia Methodist Uniting Church New B (Memorial)
Memorials: Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Lucia King's College WW2 Roll of Honour
Remembered: Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Indonesia
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 January 1942, Hudson A16-29 crashed at sea to the north of Ambon while returning from a shipping search. The event was witnessed by the crews of two accompanying Hudsons. The aircraft's bombs detonated on impact but miraculously Sergeant Hack survived and was rescued by a USN Catalina aircraft some 15 minutes later. The loss of A16-29 is recounted in detail in The 13 Squadron Story.
The crew members of A16-29 were:
Pilot Officer Robert Kelvin Allen (404945) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Bernie Edward Hack (407102) (Wireless Air Gunner) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 22 September 1943
Sergeant Walter John Lay (408079) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Turnbull (642) (Pilot)
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