RAPP, Albert Nicholas
Service Number: | 401832 |
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Enlisted: | 31 March 1941, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No 2 Air Navigation School |
Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 31 May 1915 |
Home Town: | Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic and Aircraft Assembler |
Died: | Accidental, Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 24 September 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria Plot C, Row A, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads. Pro Deo et Patria. R.I.P. Roll of Honour - Hobart |
Memorials: | Alawoona RAAF Avro Anson W2481 Crash Site, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nhill R.A.A.F. Base WW2 Memorial |
World War 2 Service
31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401832, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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24 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401832, No 2 Air Navigation School, Empire Air Training Scheme, Air Navigation Training Flight at night. Accidental cause unknown. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Albert Benjamin and Margaret Magdalene Rapp of West Brunswick, Victoria.
RAAF Avro Anson aircraft W2481 of Number 2 Air Navigation School crashed near Alawoona, south of Loxton, South Australia killing all crew onboard:
Sergeant, John Vickery Bowman 436065
Pilot Officer Albert Nicholas Rapp 401832
Flying Officer Laurence Andrew Flynn 411766
Sergeant Ronald Edwin Obst 437152