Robert James COSGROVE

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COSGROVE, Robert James

Service Number:	39456
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, At sea, 14 April 1940, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 39456

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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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