ROXBURGH, David Edward William
Service Number: | 421397 |
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Enlisted: | 1 February 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 79 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 22 April 1923 |
Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.T.B.15, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 421397 | |
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1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 79 Squadron (RAAF) | |
1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 421397 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Norman William and Ethel Dorothy Roxburgh of Orange South, NSW
Sergeant Roxburgh from 79SQN RAAF was on a training flight in Spitfire aircraft EE834 when it crashed near Parwan coalmine, south-west of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria (mentioned in the book "A Call To Arms" a memoir by Arthur Gately who mis-spelt the name as "Roxborough")