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ANDERSEN, Robert Charles

Service Number:	414876
Enlisted:	6 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 115 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 26 March 1916
Home Town:	Bowen, Whitsunday, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Air Combat Operations, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 22 May 1944, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Grave Location: 7. F. 8, Plot 7/Row F/Grave 8.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

6 Dec 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 414876, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2, (NAA, Pg-9)
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 414876, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 414876
28 Mar 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, (NAA, Pg-8)
19 Feb 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, (NAA, Pg-8)
19 Aug 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, (NAA, Pg-8)
16 Oct 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414876, No. 115 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Involved: 16/10/1943, initially rank of [Flt.Sgt] Flight Sergeant, later promoted to rank [Flt.Lt] Flight Lieutenant; (NAA, Pg's-4, 8).
3 May 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 115 Squadron (RAF), (NAA, Pg-4)

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