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EMROSE, Robert Keith
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 427592, W19710, 472592 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 December 1941, 121 Reserve Motor Transport Company. |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Subiaco, Western Australia , 27 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, South Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 19 September 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 30, Row B, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "DEARLY LOVED & SADLY MISSED BY LOVING MOTHER, FATHER AND BROTHER PHIL." |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, South Perth Wesley College Lych Gate, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 427592 | |
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| 16 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W19710, 121 Reserve Motor Transport Company. | |
| 16 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W19710, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
| 3 Aug 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W19710, Accepted for RAAF Aircrew Training. | |
| 4 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427592 | |
| 27 Sep 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 427592, Embarked from Melbourne for U.K. via U.S.A. Disembarked in U.K. on 09 Nov 1943. | |
| 10 Nov 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, RAF Bomber Command Training Units. | |
| 14 Sep 1944: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Commenced Bomber Command Ops. | |
| 14 Sep 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 472592, Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
| 19 Sep 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, 472592, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), K.I.A. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Stanley Edgar and Ina Mary EMROSE, of Nedlands, Western Australia.
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