LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer George HOCKINGS
Service No: 405250
Born: Brisbane QLD, 19 June 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941
Unit: No. 4 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 4 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-160), Buna PNG, 22 December 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edwin Morton Hockings and Blanche Molenaar Hockings, of Chelmer, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Flying Officer Thomas Hockings (425936)
On 22 December 1942, Wirraway A20- 160 was on a tactical reconnaissance when it was shot down by anti-aircraft fire one mile south of the new airstrip at Buna and the crew members were killed.
The crew members of A20-160 were:
Flying Officer George Hockings (405250) (Pilot)
Major William Francis O’Hara (NX100719) (Army) (Air Liaison Section, Supernumerary)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/36/225