Robert Terence Wolfenden ELCOATE

ELCOATE, Robert Terence Wolfenden

    Service Number: 712
    Enlisted: 5 February 1940
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 21 February 1918
    Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Unknown
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Aircraft accident, Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 12 July 1942, aged 24 years
    Cemetery: Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
    C. of E. Plot. Compt. ZF. Grave 611 (GRM/3),
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greensborough RSL Sub Branch Memorial Wall
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 712
    5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
    5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 712, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. G. Elcoate of Cloncurry, QLD

     

    RAAF Beaufort aircraft A9-64 of Number 100 Squadron crashed at Arthur's Seat, near Dromana, Victoria - all crew killed:

     

    Flying Officer Robert Terence Wolfenden Elcoate 712

    Flight Sergeant James Robert Axon 405033

    Sergeant Charles Martin Redgrave 405934

    Sergeant Dudley Merten Wehl 404520

     

    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Robert Terence Wolfenden ELCOATE was born in Echuca, Victoria on 21st February, 1918

    His parents were Robert Leslie Gough ELCOATE & Shirley Frances WOLFENDEN

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