Gilbert Bryce Dart ROXBURGH

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ROXBURGH, Gilbert Bryce Dart

Service Number:	260656
Enlisted:	8 January 1940
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 2 July 1918
Home Town:	Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Albury High School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor Area, Timor Area, Netherlands East Indies, 9 May 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Death presumed, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

8 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 260656
9 May 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 260656

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Beaufort aircraft A9-541 of Number 1 Squadron was shot down during an attack on Penfoie, Dutch Timor - Beaufort A9-509 was lost on the same mission. All of the crew of A9-541 were killed and are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT -

Flight Lieutenant Alan Leslie Colin Kerr 405741 - Son of Hans Peter and Annie Agnes Kerr of Proston, Queensland

Squadron Leader Gilbert Bryce Dart Roxburgh 260656 - Son of Gilbert Handasyde Roxburgh and Eileen Mary Scott Dart Roxburgh of Albury, NSW

Pilot Officer Rowley Lomas 405229 - Son of Rowland Frank and Annie McMurtie Lomas of Mount Morgan, Queensland

Warrant Officer Ronald Keith Jamieson 405739 - Son of Charles Henry and Edith Mary Jamieson of Gatton, Queensland

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gilbert Bryce Dart ROXBURGH was born in Albury, New South Wales on 2nd July, 1918

His parents were Gilbert Handasyde ROXBURGH & Eileen Mary Scott Dart KELLY who married in Victoria in 1899

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