Alexander James ROBERTS

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ROBERTS, Alexander James

Service Number:	401591
Enlisted:	1 March 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
Born:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia , 4 June 1920
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Mildura High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Motor Accident, Canada, 7 April 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Military Section Lot 1608
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 401591
1 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 401591, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
1 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 401591

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Alexander Edward and Mary Lillian Roberts, of Mildura, Victoria

Leading Aircraftman Alexander Edward Roberts 401591 RAAF of Number 3 Wireless School RCAF Winnipeg was killed in a Motor Vehicle accident at Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

Also killed were Corporal James Fortner RCAF R/63832 & civilian James Kirkpatrick of Winnipeg

Two members of the RAAF were injured: LAC Sides 403842 (discharged March 1942) & LAC Glenton-Wright 404913 (KIA 31May42 with 23OTU over Holland)

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