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Sgt. Hedley Maurice Hawkins
Royal Air Force 101 Squadron
(d.21st Sep 1942)
Hedley Hawkins, born on 9th August 1920, was the son of Vera Hawkins and First World War veteran Samuel Hedley Hemming Hawkins, of Brisbane, Queensland. Sergeant Hawkins transferred from the Royal Australian Artillery to the Royal Australian Air Force in August 1940, and once he completed his training was posted to No. 101 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force.
Sergeant Hawkins was piloting Wellington number X.3457 when he sadly went missing during a bombing raid over the North Sea on 21st September 1942. He was 21 years old, and is commemorated on Panel 112 of Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.