Robert James AITKEN

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Service Number:	32510
Enlisted:	23 July 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1912
Home Town:	Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Aircraft accident), Landing Ground 40, Libya, Middle East, 1 June 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Collective Grave A, Plot 1V, Row H, Grave 3-9 Roll of Honour Gunnedah, New South Wales, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Gunnedah Lodge Zion No 218 Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Remembrance Grove

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 32510
23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Sydney
23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 32510
1 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 32510, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)

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Plane was Hudson 111 BV 8997. 459 Squadron

Rank - LAC

Son of Robert Rodney and Minnie Aitken, of Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Jessie May Aitken.