RICH, Donald Robert
| Service Number: | 414083 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 218 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Richmond, Queensland, Australia, 10 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 22 June 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands EE 73 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 414083 | |
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| 20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 414083, No. 218 Squadron (RAF) | |
| 20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 414083 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Cecil Frederick and Mary Rich; husband of Alice Rich, of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Pilot Officer Donald Robert Rich, who has been posted missing, presumed dead, was at the Brisbane Grammar College from 1930-35. Joining the College at Clayfield at an early age, he was one of those who transferred to Toowong in 1931, where he spent the next four years working his way up through the Primary School. He was with the R.A.A.F. in 1941 and in England in 1943 was reported missing on June 21st last year. A year later he was posted presumed dead. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his mother, and to his brother, R.S. Rich (1930-33) who also is in the R.A.A.F.
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