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AITKEN, Robert James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 32510 |
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Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 459 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1912 |
Home Town: | Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Landing Ground 40, Libya, Middle East, 1 June 1942, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Collective Grave A, Plot 1V, Row H, Grave 3-9 Roll of Honour Gunnedah, New South Wales, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Gunnedah Lodge Zion No 218 Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Remembrance Grove |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 32510 | |
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23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Sydney | |
23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 32510 | |
1 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 32510, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Plane was Hudson 111 BV 8997. 459 Squadron
Rank - LAC
Son of Robert Rodney and Minnie Aitken, of Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Jessie May Aitken.