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COSGROVE, Robert James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 39456 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 50 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 April 1915 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | St Virgil College, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Unknown |
| Died: | Killed in Action, At sea off Lincolnshire, England, 14 April 1940, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 14 Apr 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 39456, No. 50 Squadron (RAF) |
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Robert James COSGROVE was born in Hobart in Tasmania on 13th April, 1915
His parents were Robert COSGROVE & Gertrude GEAPPEN who married in St Marys Catholic Cathedral in Hobart on 10th January, 1911
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of the Hon. Robert Cosgrove, M.H.A. Premier of Tasmania and Dame Gertrude Ann Cosgrove, D.B.E. of West Hobart, Tasmania
Flight Lieutenant Cosgrove 39456 RAF was killed in the loss of 50SQN RAF Hampden I L4065 which failed to return from a mine laying mission in the Great Belt area in the North Sea off Denmark - other crew: Corporal J Doran, Sergeant G W Everatt, Sergeant F W Batchelor
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