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MITCHELL, Robert Richard

Service Number:	418452
Enlisted:	22 May 1942
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 462 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 7 December 1922
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk (Bank of NSW) Melbourne
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 2 November 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Hotton War Cemetery Joint grave VI. C. 4-5.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 418452
22 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 418452
10 Jul 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 102 Squadron (RAF)
10 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Air War NW Europe 1939-45
6 Sep 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, No. 462 Squadron (RAAF)
2 Nov 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 418452, No. 462 Squadron (RAAF), K.I.A.

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