MCALLISTER, Robert Andrew
| Service Number: | 404410 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1940, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Born: | Forest Hill, Queensland, Australia , 7 January 1915 |
| Home Town: | Forest Hill, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gatton High School, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Accidental, Ashwell, United Kingdom, 22 July 1941, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cemetery Row CC. Grave 10. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forest Hill War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Laidley War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404410, Royal Australian Air Force, Brisbane, Qld. |
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Son of John William and Fanny Jane McAllister.
HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
Robert Andrew McAllister was born in 1915 to John William McAllister and Fanny Jane Reid (nee McMullan). He was educated at Gatton High School in Queensland.
Sgt McAllister enlisted in August 1940 and in September left for Canada where he received his training as an air gunner/wireless operator. In May 1941 he left for the UK and was sadly killed on 22 July 1941. Sgt McAllister was an air gunner in a Wellington bomber when, during a night cross country flight, it collided with an intruder over Ashwell, 6 miles north east of Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England.
Sgt McAllister was survived by his sister, Miss F McAllister of Brisbane, and a brother, Mr JC McAllister of Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland.
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