GROUT, David Beaufort
| Service Number: | 18590 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Air Observer |
| Last Unit: | No. 9 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1912 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1942, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW C of E Section 9 Grave 19 (GRM/2), |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 18590, Melbourne | |
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| 23 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 18590 | |
| 22 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Air Observer, 18590, No. 9 Squadron (RAAF), Rathmines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant (Observer) David Beaufort Grout 18590 of Number 9 Squadron RAAF was killed when Seagull aircraft (Flying Boat) A2-16 overturned during a water landing on Lake Macquarie
The pilot survived the incident - 411847 Pilot Officer Edgar Murray Allison (discharged from the RAAF in July 1946 with the rank of Flight Lieutenant)
Sergeant Grout’s father was Major Grout, the former Spanish consul in Brisbane
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
David Beaufort GROUT was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 9th December, 1912
His parents were John William Huggins GROUT and Winifred Jane VIAL
He was in London when war broke out and returned to Australia to enlist in the RAAf in Melbourne on 23rd September, 1940
David married Amy May BENNETT in the Chapel at Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria in 1940
He died in an Aircraft accident on Lake Macquarie, NSW and is buried in the Sandgate Cemetery in Newcastle
"To dearly loved to be forgotten"
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