Gordon Robertson BALCOMBE

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BALCOMBE, Gordon Robertson

Service Number:	420825
Enlisted:	5 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1921
Home Town:	Binnaway, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 15 February 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, England Panel 257
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

5 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 420825
15 Feb 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420825, No. 100 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gordon Robertson BALCOMBE was born in Dubbo, NSW on 1st September, 1921

His parents were William Gould BALCOMBE & Annie Laurie ROBERTSON who married in Bourke, NSW in 1920

Before joining the RAAF on 5th December, 1941 he served in the 21st Field Regiment Artillery

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His father William Gould BALCOMBE served as a Lieutenant during WW1 in the Field Artillery Brigade and returned to Australia in 1919

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