Robert Keith (Bob) EMROSE

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

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 427592
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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