Robert William DRURY

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Service Number:	207698
Enlisted:	19 February 1939, Enlisted at Richmond, NSW
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 453 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1914
Home Town:	Gladesville, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Malaya, 22 December 1941, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Kamunting Road Christian Cemetery,Taiping, Malaya Plot 3, Row B, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: A true and beloved son of Australia Roll of Honour - Gladesville, NSW, Taiping War Cemetery, Malaya
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

19 Feb 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 207698, No. 453 Squadron (RAAF), Enlisted at Richmond, NSW
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 207698

Son of John Owen and Bridget Thelma Drury; husband of Madeline Ada Drury of Chester Hill, NSW; father of Margaret Drury

Prior to enlisting he had been employed by Lever Bros for 10 years

15 August 1941 - disembarked at Singapore

Pilot Officer Drury 207698 of 453SQN RAAF was killed when Brewster Buffalo AN-204 crashed into an embankment on landing at an airfield in Malaya

He is mentioned in the book "Buffaloes over Singapore" by Brian Cull