Roger Leigh EATON

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Service Numbers:	410471, V27985
Enlisted:	30 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 142 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 21 August 1918
Home Town:	Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Carey Baptist Grammar School (1931-32)
Occupation:	Shipping Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 5 August 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at Sea Malta Memorial Floriana Panel 11 Column 2. Local Roll of Honour- Camberwell Victoria Australia , Malta Memorial, Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 410471
30 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
30 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410471
12 Nov 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
15 Jan 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 410471, Emb. Melbourne for U.K.
12 May 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
7 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410471, No. 142 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Date unknown:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V27985

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142 Squadron. Plane was Wellington MKX HK 629 lostr near Messina Beaches, Sicily

Rank - Flight Sergeant

Son of Sydney Alexander Eaton and Hilda Minnie Eaton, of Canterbury, Victoria