Robert William RAEBEL BEM

RAEBEL, Robert William

Service Numbers: 5140, 5140
Enlisted: 6 November 1939
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale
Born: Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia, 10 October 1916
Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Norwell, Gold Coast Region, Queensland, 5 February 1993, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Pimpama Island Cemetery, Qld
Also his (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 2/Row I; AT the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) Graham Rd - Bridgeman Downs, Qld.
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World War 2 Service

6 Nov 1939: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Engineer, 5140, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
6 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Engineer, 5140, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Laverton, VIC, Australia
6 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 5140
31 Jul 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Engineer, 5140, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF), (NAA, Pg-6)
31 Jul 1941: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Engineer, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF), (NAA, Pg-6)
17 Jun 1943: Honoured British Empire Medal, Honours & Awards: Commonwealth of Australian Gazette, 17/06/1943, Pg-1250, Pos-24; London Gazette, 02/06/1943, Pg-2441, Pos-1.
20 Dec 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 5140, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), (NAA, Pg-6)
20 Dec 1943: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), (NAA, Pg-6)
1 Jan 1944: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), (NAA, Pg-6; Ref: Mustering on Enlistment)
22 Jun 1944: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Honours & Awards: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 22/06/1944, Pg-1253, Pos-27; London Gazette, 08/06/1944, Pg-2642, Pos-61.
27 Nov 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 5140, No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale, (NAA, Pg-6; Ref: Examinations passed for promotion)
27 Nov 1944: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale, (NAA, Pg-6)
19 Sep 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 5140, No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale
19 Sep 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 5140

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