Robert Ronald MUNRO

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Service Number:	416360
Enlisted:	24 May 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 10 January 1918
Home Town:	Barmera, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Laverton, Victoria, Australia, Laverton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.U.B.5, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barmera Memorial Gates

24 May 1941:	Involvement Sergeant, 416360, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416360
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Son of Robert James Alexander and Olive Hilda Munro of Barmera, South Australia

Sergeant Munro 416360 was killed when RAAF Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-214 of Number 1 Aircraft Depot crashed at Laverton, Victoria

Flying Officer Malcolm Wilbur Baker AFC 406127 was slightly injured in the accident, discharged in April 1947