HEARN, Robert Mailer
| Service Number: | 400709 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1913 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | grazier |
| Died: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1983, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Echuca Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 400709 | |
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| 27 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 400709 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Robert was the son of John and Isa. He had at least two older siblings, James Percy and Isa Katie. His mother died in Canterbury, Melbourne in 1929. His father had a property near Balranald in the Riverina area of New South Wales, named Tillara Station. Robert's brother James served in the AIF in WWII (Captain, VX89032).
Robert was a POW on board the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio when it was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean on 17 August 1942. The Nino Bixio was transporting Allied POWs from Libya to Italy. He was one of the 122 Australian POWs to survive the incident.
Robert married Barbara Caroline DIXON in 1946. She lived to 102 years of age. Both she and Robert are interred at Echuca Cemetery, Victoria.