Robert Bruce MEIKLEJOHN

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MEIKLEJOHN, Robert Bruce

Service Number:	413222
Enlisted:	16 August 1941, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 90 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1921
Home Town:	Downside, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium, 22 June 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Heverlee War Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Plot 8 , Row K, Grave 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forest Hill Flying Officer Robert Bruce Meiklejohn Memorial Plaque, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph

16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 413222, Sydney, New South Wales
16 Aug 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 413222, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
22 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 413222, No. 90 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

Biography contributed by John Edwards

Robert Bruce MEIKLEJOHN was born on 26th October, 1921 in Wagga Wagga, NSW

His parents were Robert George MEIKLEJOHN and Lily FAWCETT who married in Victoria in 1920

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and on a Tablet of Honour at St Andrews Presbyterian Church in Downside, NSW

Roberts father Robert George MEIKLEJOHN (SN36859) served in WW1 in the Army and returned to Australia in 1919

His brother John MEIKLEJOHN (SN NX160920) & (SN203499) served in WW2 in the Army and was discharged in 1945

Another brother Maxwell George MEIKLEJOHN (SN PM4354) also served in WW2 in the Navy and was discharged in 1946

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"...4133222 Flying Officer Robert Bruce Meiklejohn RAAF, 90 Squadron RAF, of Wagga Wagga, NSW. FO Meiklejohn died on operations piloting a Stirling Mk1 EF-366 over Belgium on the 22 June 1943; he was 21 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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