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ALEXANDER, William Robert Edward

Service Number:	405961
Enlisted:	17 July 1941, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 73 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1920
Home Town:	Kirribilli, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Transport Driver / Salesman
Died:	Aircraft crash on operational flight, Papua, 16 June 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Section A, Plot 3, Row B, Grave 24. Personal Inscription ~ "IN PASSING OF TIME WE WILL NOT FORGET OUR DARLING HUSBAND & FATHER".
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World War 2 Service

17 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 405961, Brisbane, Qld.
31 Dec 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 73 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Husband of Lesley ALEXANDER, NO 8 Venetian Flats, 11 Wanda St., Kirribillie, NSW