Robert Allan Ross BRAYE

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BRAYE, Robert Allan Ross

Service Number:	6137
Enlisted:	13 November 1939
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 8 September 1917
Home Town:	Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newcastle Boys High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Ground Battle, Tobruk, Libya, 26 December 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya Plot 15. Row B. Grave 17. Memorial: Toronto General Cemetery,Toronto, Lake Macquarie City, New South Wales, Australia.Old Ang A, 11.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 6137
13 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 6137
13 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 6137, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
3 Jun 1940:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 6137, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
1 Oct 1940:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman Robert Allan Ross Braye 6137 was collecting a new coil for his truck from Number 121 Maintenance Unit RAF in Tobruk when a single German aircraft bombed the camp

LAC Braye was killed instantly in the enemy attack while Corporal Alexander Campbell 8788 was seriously injured and admitted to Number 62 General Hospital at Tobruk

LAC Braye was buried the next day by the 118 kilo post on the Tobruk to Derna road near Gazala Number 2 airstrip

https://www.3squadron.org.au/indexpages/kia.htm

Biography contributed

Robert Allan Ross BRAYE was born in Waratah, NSW on 8th September, 1917

His parents were Thomas Alfred Inglis BRAYE & Sarah Brewer WILLIAMS who married in Morpeth, NSW in 1892

He married Gladys Olive GUMBLETON in Cessnock NSW in 1940

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