Robert Howells DALL

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DALL, Robert Howells

Service Number:	416178
Enlisted:	31 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Unley Park, South Australia, 21 September 1921
Home Town:	Clarence Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Kent Town, South Australia
Occupation:	Assistant in Jeweller's shop
Died:	Flying Battle, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 25 August 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 9, Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

World War 2 Service

31 Mar 1941:	Involvement Flying Officer, 416178
31 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
31 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416178
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - George Hartley Dall and Hilda Marian Howells, (married 22nd November 1919 in Medindie, Congregational Church, South Australia), of Clarence Park, South Australia.

Details of last mission:--- After taking off from Port Moresby on 25th August 1942, Hudson A16-216 went missing on a reconnaissance flight to Kieta and Buka. The crew members were:
Sergeant Robert Howells Dall (416178) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant David Kirke Godfrey (406674) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Francis Pfeiffer (403831) (Observer)
Flying Officer Walter Ralph Thompson Philipson (405500) (Pilot)

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