Arthur Donald (Don) ROBERTS

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ROBERTS, Arthur Donald

Service Number:	402063
Enlisted:	29 April 1940, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia , 30 December 1920
Home Town:	Coolac, Gundagai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, English Channel, 27 September 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolac Memorial Hall and Gates, Gundagai Anzac Grove War Memorial, Gundagai District Roll of Honour WW2, Runnymede Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 402063
29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402063, Sydney, NSW
Date unknown:	Involvement Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer, Unit No.615 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Dudley Haughton ROBERTS and Ida Maude ROBERTS, the Store, Coolac, NSW

Pilot Officer Arthur Donald Roberts was flying a Hurricane aircraft which was shot down into the sea near Gravelins, France.

ROBERTS.-September 27, 1941, killed in action over English Channel, Pilot-Officer Arthur Donald Roberts, R.A.A.F., of Coolac, greatly loved son of Dudley H. Roberts and late Mrs. I. M. Roberts, and brother of C. K. (Bill), R.A.A.F., C. R. (Dick), R.A.A.F., and R. H. (Bob), aged 20 years.

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