Albert Nicholas RAPP

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Service Number:	401832
Enlisted:	31 March 1941, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No 2 Air Navigation School
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 31 May 1915
Home Town:	Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic and Aircraft Assembler
Died:	Accidental, Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 24 September 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria Plot C, Row A, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads. Pro Deo et Patria. R.I.P. Roll of Honour - Hobart
Memorials:	Alawoona RAAF Avro Anson W2481 Crash Site, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nhill R.A.A.F. Base WW2 Memorial

31 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401832, Enlisted at Melbourne
24 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401832, No 2 Air Navigation School, Empire Air Training Scheme, Air Navigation Training Flight at night. Accidental cause unknown.

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Son of Albert Benjamin and Margaret Magdalene Rapp of West Brunswick, Victoria.

RAAF Avro Anson aircraft W2481 of Number 2 Air Navigation School crashed near Alawoona, south of Loxton, South Australia killing all crew onboard:

Sergeant, John Vickery Bowman 436065

Pilot Officer Albert Nicholas Rapp 401832

Flying Officer Laurence Andrew Flynn 411766

Sergeant Ronald Edwin Obst 437152