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BRUCE, Robert Wallace
Personal Details
Service Number: | 422418 |
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Enlisted: | 22 May 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1912 |
Home Town: | Northbridge, Willoughby, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Chain store manager |
Died: | Accidental (air crash), Point Cook, Victoria, Australia, Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 March 1944, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne War cemetery 1.N.B.14, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden |
Service History
World War 2 Service
22 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422418, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales | |
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22 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422418 | |
29 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422418, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, Empire Air Training Scheme |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Robie Sydney and Ada Mary Bruce
Husband of Jean Bruce of Northbridge, NSW
RAAF Oxford aircraft AS356 dived into the sea two miles south-west of Point Cook aerodrome during a solo night flight