BRODRICK, Warren Robert
| Service Numbers: | 256823, V56501 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1937, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Mt Macedon, Victoria, Australia, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria Australian War Graves Section U2, Row D, Grave 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Martha Brighton District Boy Scout Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Oct 1937: | Enlisted Victoria | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 256823 | |
| 6 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V56501 | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 256823 | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V56501 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert Warren Brodrick and Milly Duguid Brodrick, of Brighton. B.Ch.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF Avro Anson aircraft DG826 from Number 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton crashed at Black Forest, between Macedon and Woodend in Victoria - three crew were killed:
Flight Lieutenant Richard Craighton Hart 260719 (member appears in the book "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores)
Sergeant Vincent Ambrose McCarthy 8940
Flight Lieutenant Warren Robert Brodrick 256823 (RAAF medical officer) - son of Robert Warren Brodrick and Milly Duguid Brodrick of Brighton, Victoria
There was one survivor: Flight Sergeant Norman Eric Mutton 406575 (discharged from the RAAF in 1946)
It is believed that the crew lost their bearings in heavy fog and tall trees were grazed by a wing tip before the crash. The navigator was saved by being thrown from the plane and was taken to Woodend Bush Nursing Hospital with severe injuries.
Biography
Originally enlisted in the Army on 1 October 1937 while at school Service Number 213140. He then went in the Militia Service number V56501 beore enlisting in the RAAF
Son of Robert William Brodrick
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