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BLACKMAN, Robert Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 402844 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Binnaway, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1921 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 20 January 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Panel 36 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 402844 | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402844, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF), Enlisted at Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402844 | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402844 |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Robert Alfred Blackman's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Ernest James Blackman and Sarah Jane Blackman; husband of Marjorie Flornce Balckman of Homebush, NSW
Plane was a Wirraway which crashed in to the sea near Rabaul, Ppaua New Guinea
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Stanley Ernest Woodcroft 22630 and Sergeant Robert Alfred Blackman 402844 were killed when Wirraway A20-319 was shot down into the sea by Japanese Zero aircraft near Rabaul, New Guinea - they are commemorated on the Rabaul Memorial as their bodies were not recovered.