LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Edwin Tytler HISKENS
Service No: 404677
Born: Rockhampton QLD, 11 September 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1940
Unit: No. 249 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 249 Squadron Spitfire aircraft EP340), off Malta, 15 October 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edwin Alfred and Cecilia Agnes Hiskens, of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 5, Column 1, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 October 1942 Spitfire EP340 was lost at sea as a result of enemy action off Malta. EP340 and other squadron aircraft were engaged in an interception duty, when they met 9 Ju88s with a large fighter escort. A dog fight ensued and no one saw EP340 go down, but it was presumed that the aircraft was shot down. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1948 that Warrant Officer Hiskens had lost his life at sea.
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, 163/122/147