Robert Macdonald TAYLOR

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TAYLOR, Robert Macdonald

Service Number:	417009
Enlisted:	8 November 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Kingswood, South Australia, 20 June 1921
Home Town:	Rose Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor, 19 May 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Roll of Honour WW2, Snowtown Memorial Hospital Honour Roll WW2

World War 2 Service

8 Nov 1941:	Involvement Flying Officer, 417009
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 417009
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-45 of Number 31 Squadron was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Penfoie Aerodrome, Timor and both crewmen were KIA - commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT are:

Sergeant Geoffrey Charles Cobern 5841 - Son of Cyril Walter and Florence Hyacinth Cobern & Husband of Agnes Elizabeth Cobern of Hobart, Tasmania

Flying Officer Robert MacDonald Taylor 417009 - Son of Robert Young Taylor and Bertha Taylor of Rose Park, SA

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