Robert Chester BRABHAM

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BRABHAM, Robert Chester

Service Number:	407998
Enlisted:	1 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 32 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	St Peters, South Australia, 14 March 1921
Home Town:	Kensington Gardens, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Accident, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row D. Grave 8
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Lincoln Enlistments Honor Roll WW2

World War 2 Service

1 Mar 1941:	Involvement Flying Officer, 407998
1 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
1 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407998
31 May 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407998, No. 32 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Beaufort A9-285 of Number 32 Squadron crashed near Bundaberg killing all crew on board:

Flying Officer Denis Kinloch Whishaw 408222 (pilot) - Son of Denis and Mary Kinloch Whishaw of Carrick, Tasmania

Flying Officer Robert Chester Brabham 407998 (observer) - Son of Robert Mather Brabham and Mary Agnes Brabham of Kensington, SA

Pilot Officer James Gavin Hylton 416072 - Son of James Roy and Lyda Patricia Hylton of Fimiston, WA

Pilot Officer Leonard Henry Peart 416063 (WAGS) - Son of Isaac and Edith Jane Peart & Husband of Kathleen Grace Peart of Murray Bridge, SA

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