PHILP, Ross Ferrier
| Service Number: | 426260 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 161 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 20 March 1923 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, East Brisbane Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Jackaroo |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Gørding, Denmark, 7 October 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gording Churchyard Cemetery, Denmark |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Toowoomba Anglican College Faithful Unto Death |
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 426260, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 25 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 426260 | |
| 7 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 426260, No. 161 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"W.O. ROSS F. PHILP POSTED MISSING
Warrant Officer Ross P. Philp, R.A.A.F., son of Mr. Justice Philp has been posted missing since October 7, after a "special operational mission against the enemy." He served with an R.A.F. squadron in England, and had completed about 35 such missions. He is 21, and went to the Church of England Grammar Schools at Toowoomba, East Brisbane, and Geelong." - from the Brisbane Courier Mail 03 Nov 1944 (nla.gov.au)
"Mr. Justice Philp has been advised by Air Board that his son, Pilot Officer Ross Ferrier Philp, previously reported missing, is now classified as missing, but believed to have lost his life." - from the Brisbane Courier Mail 09 Dec 1944 (nla.gov.au)
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