Francis Robinson BROADBENT

BROADBENT, Francis Robinson

    Service Number: 15432
    Enlisted: 2 June 1940
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Levin, Manawartu, New Zealand, 24 November 1918
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 6 October 1944, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
    Plot D, Row C, Grave 1 Roll of Honour Sydney, Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 15432
    2 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney, New South Wales
    2 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 15432, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography

    457 Squadron. Plane was Wirraway A20-643. Crashed during test flight at 16.20 hours near Marakai Homestead, Northern Territory, Australia

    Rank - Sergeant

    Son of Frederick Charles and Grace Violet Broadbent; Husband of Mary Adeline Broadbent, of King's Cross, New South Wales

    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Wirraway A20-643 of Number 457 Squadron RAAF crashed north-east of Marakai Homestead, NT killing Flight Sergeant John Murdoch Campbell 426532 & Sergeant Francis Robinson Broadbent 15432

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