Robert Wallace BRUCE

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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

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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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

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