LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Milton Hubert CONKEY
Service No: 413741
Born: Cootamundra NSW, 4 December 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1941
Unit: No. 34 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 34 Squadron DH84 Dragon A34-48), Parafield SA, 11 March 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Lloyd Houldsworth Conkey and Mabel Ann Conkey, of Cootamundra, New South Wales; husband of Sydney Emma Conkey, of Cootamundra
Roll of Honour: Cootamundra NSW
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cootamundra War Memorial, Cootamundra NSW
At about 0715 hours on 11 March 1943, Dragon A34-48 appeared to stall at low altitude and dived into the ground at Parafield airfield. On board were:
Pilot Officer Milton Hubert Conkey (413741) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Bernard James Hovey (54621) (Flight Mechanic)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 213
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line