ABBOTT, Roy Edgar
| Service Numbers: | 300095, 264204 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1934 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | HQ North Western Area Command (RAAF) |
| Born: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1902 |
| Home Town: | Mittagong, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Springsure, Queensland, Australia, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 16 November 1943, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Plot A. Row A. Grave 6, Rockhampton War Cemetery, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 15 May 1934: | Enlisted 300095 | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 264204 | |
| 17 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, HQ North Western Area Command (RAAF) | |
| 17 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 264204 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Roy Edgar Abbot 264204 of HQ NEA
Son of Edgar Henry and Annie Eliza Abbott
Husband of Gladys Abbott of Mittagong, NSW
USAAC Dakota C-47A (C-47-20-DL, VH-CGK, #42-23420 possibly named Pushy Cat) of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group left Batchelor airfield headed for Archerfield airfield in Brisbane. The aircraft broke up in mid-air during a violent storm over Rewan Station south of Springsure in Queensland killing all on board:
USAAC (Crew):
2nd Lieutenant Raymond E. Anglin (Pilot) (0-665501)
2nd Lieutenant Joseph W. Kennedy (Co-pilot) (0-680036)
Sergeant Frank J. Ropinski (Aerial Engineer)
Sergeant Harold L. Baumstein (Radio Operator)
Sergeant Robert L. Adkins (passenger)
Australian Army (passengers):
Lieutenant Harley Horace Lockie (NX151680)
Lieutenant Ross Rowsell (NX107453)
Sergeant Victor Frederick Bishop (NX82074)
Sergeant Thomas William Davey (VX69200)
Sergeant William Joseph Parker (NX133213)
Gunner William Howard Dorman (QX24775)
Private Andrew Henry Mildren (QX52001)
Royal Australian Air Force (passengers):
Flight Lieutenant Roy Edgar Abbot (264204)
Flight Lieutenant Albert Ernest Watkin (405265)
Sergeant Ronald Keith Pitchford (410850)
Corporal William Brady (35720)
Corporal Francis Paul Morris (71310)
LAC John Given Maxwell (21638)
LAC Stanley Kirk Sims (28071) 452 Sqn
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