CHRISTIE, Robert Stanley
| Service Number: | 416324 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 13 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Loxton Area School, Urrbrae Agricultural High School |
| Occupation: | Stock Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 12 June 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 20. Row J. Grave 3. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Loxton Area School Memorial Plaque |
World War 2 Service
| 24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416324, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 24 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416324 | |
| 25 May 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416324, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
| 13 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416324, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, KIA 12 June 1943 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Leslie Roy and Isabel Alleen Lenore Christie, of Pata, South Australia.
WHAT GREATER LOVE
Sgt. Bob Christie, Loxton, Missing
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Christie, of Pata, have been advised that their second son, Sgt.-Pilot Robert Stanley (Bob) Christie is reported missing in air operations on the night of June 11- 12. Born at Loxton, Sgt. - Pilot Christie was 23 years of age. He enlisted in September 1940, and received his call and started training in May 1941. He left Australia in September and landed in Egypt, he was sent to Southern Rhodesia and gain ed his wings there last July. He went to England in September where he continued his training, and was posted to a Lancaster bomber. Sgt. -Pilot Christie received his education at Pata and Loxton Schools and later at the Urrbrae Agricultural High School. At the time of enlist ing he was employed by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. at Loxton. His elder Brother, Sig. W. L. (Bert) Christie is serving in the RAN.
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