ROBERTS, Vincent Clifford Hastings
Service Number: | 121027 |
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Enlisted: | 16 November 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 21 June 1917 |
Home Town: | Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 September 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.S.A.2, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 121027 | |
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16 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
16 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 121027 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of William and Helen May Roberts
Husband of Alberta Lorraine Roberts of Collingwood, Victoria
LAC Roberts was a Ground Crewman (Electrician) employed at Number 1 Service Flying Training School at RAAF Base Point Cook, Victoria
At the time of his death he was securing a misplaced wheel chock when he was struck by the port side propeller of Oxford aircraft R6184 as the engine was started, he moved under the aircraft fuselage in the blind spot of the aircraft’s pilot. He was taken to Number 6 RAAF Hospital but died from his injuries.