Robert Wallace BRUCE

BRUCE, Robert Wallace

Service Number: 422418
Enlisted: 22 May 1942
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1912
Home Town: Northbridge, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chain store manager
Died: Accidental (air crash), Point Cook, Victoria, Australia, Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 March 1944, aged 32 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
War cemetery 1.N.B.14, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden
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World War 2 Service

22 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422418, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales
22 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422418
29 Mar 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422418, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, Empire Air Training Scheme

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Robie Sydney and Ada Mary Bruce

Husband of Jean Bruce of Northbridge, NSW

 

RAAF Oxford aircraft AS356 dived into the sea two miles south-west of Point Cook aerodrome during a solo night flight