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DOUGLAS, Robert Burns
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | V41425, 409389 |
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Enlisted: | 3 January 1939 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1 February 1919 |
Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Accident, Egypt, Middle East, 24 April 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt 2 A 5, Moascar War Cemetery, North Egypt, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sale Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Jan 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V41425 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, 409389 | |
14 Aug 1941: | Discharged Private, V41425 | |
15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted 409389, Melbourne, Victoria | |
15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409389 | |
24 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409389, Operational Training Units (RAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, 73 Operational Training Unit - training Accident |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Douglas 409389 of 73 Operational Training Unit RAF was killed when Tomahawk AH956 crashed in Egypt
Son of Malcolm Campbell Douglas and Grace Douglas, of Bairnsdale Victoria, Australia.