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HOWARD, Robert William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 50525 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
2 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 50525, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.