Robert Haydon MALCOLM

MALCOLM, Robert Haydon

Service Number: 407718
Enlisted: 4 January 1941, Adelaide
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 11 June 1916
Home Town: St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Unley High School, South Australia
Occupation: Clerical Work
Died: Accidental, India, 18 April 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Maynamati War Cemetery
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Memorials: Adelaide Scots Church WW II Honour Board, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St Peters Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour WW2
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World War 2 Service

4 Jan 1941: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 407718
4 Jan 1941: Enlisted Adelaide
4 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 407718, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), Adelaide, SA
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Maurice Campbell Malcolm and Anne MALCOLM

Husband of Gladys May MALCOLM, 65 Second Avenue, St. Peters, SA

"THY WILL BE DONE"

Mrs. Robert Malcolm, of Fifth avenue, Joslin, has been notified by the Air Board that her husband, Flt-Sgt. Robert Haydon Malcolm, has been killed in an aircraft accident while attached to the RAF Indian Command. Flt-Sgt. Malcolm was the only son of Mrs. A. and the late Mr. M. C. Malcolm, and has left a  son, born after his departure for overseas. Before his enlistment he was on the staff at the Adelaide Electric Supply Co. 

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