Robert William HOWARD

HOWARD, Robert William

Service Number: 50525
Enlisted: 2 February 1942
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born: Brunswick, Victoria, 5 September 1921
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: South West Brunswick State School
Occupation: Salesman/Retailer
Died: Natural causes (kidney failure), Melbourne, Australia, 22 May 1997, aged 75 years
Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton
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World War 2 Service

2 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 50525, Melbourne, Victoria
2 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 50525, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
1 Feb 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 50525, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
4 Jan 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 50525, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots

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Biography contributed by Noel Howard

Robert Howard served with No.2 Squadron and trained as an armourer at RAAF Sale airbase in 1942 before being sent to Northern Territory at Hughes Airfield during 1943 and 1944. He returned to Melbourne and discharged at the end of the Pacific war.