LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Aylmer HAMLET
Service No: 403584
Born: Christchurch, New Zealand, 8 October 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 241 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 241 Squadron Hurricane aircraft HW745), Tunisia, 27 April 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph William and Lydia Maud Hamlet, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1645 hours on 27 April 1943 Hurricane HW745 crashed six miles north of Pont Du Fahs, Tunisia. The aircraft burst into flames while diving through enemy anti-aircraft fire and Flight Lieutenant Hamlet was killed. His body was found by members of a British Regiment.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/17/82