Robert Fred WURTZ

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Service Number:	78791
Enlisted:	30 September 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 1918
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Kamit, Noemfoor Island, Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 28 September 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot FF, Row 6, Grave 6 Memorial at Townsville, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 78791
30 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 78791, Enlisted at Brisbane
30 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 78791, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)

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Sergeant Robert Fred Wurtz 78791 of 77SQN was accidentally electrocuted while working on an aircraft at Kamirt, Neomfoor Island