Geoffrey Charles COBERN

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COBERN, Geoffrey Charles

Service Number:	5841
Enlisted:	10 January 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 24 November 1916
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	St. Virgil's College, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor Sea, Netherlands East Indies, 19 May 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 5841
10 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
10 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 5841, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-45 of Number 31 Squadron was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Penfoie Aerodrome, Timor and both crewmen were KIA - commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT are:

Sergeant Geoffrey Charles Cobern 5841 - Son of Cyril Walter and Florence Hyacinth Cobern & Husband of Agnes Elizabeth Cobern of Hobart, Tasmania

Flying Officer Robert MacDonald Taylor 417009 - Son of Robert Young Taylor and Bertha Taylor of Rose Park, SA

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