Robert James BOAG

BOAG, Robert James

Service Number: 432097
Enlisted: 5 December 1942, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 75 Squadron (RNZAF)
Born: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1920
Home Town: Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling: Arncliffe Commercial School, Camdenville Commercial School
Occupation: Textile Worker
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 30 November 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Coll. grave 25. A. 13-18.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 432097
5 Dec 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432097, No. 75 Squadron (RNZAF), Sydney, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boag, of Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia.

Lancaster Aircraft INF 980 Merlin XXIV. Captured German documents state the aircraft crashed 1.5 kms. S. Osterfeld Railway Station.