ROBERTSON, Frank Lorne
| Service Number: | 428608 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Artarmon, NSW, 5 January 1924 |
| Home Town: | Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Canberra Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Staff of Commercial Banking Co of Sydney |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 21 July 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery 10 B 37, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW2 Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 428608 | |
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| 30 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 428608 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter Foxton Robertson and Jessie Sophia Harriek Robertson, of Forbes, New South Wales, Australia.
DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON OF MR. AND MRS. W.F. ROBERTSON OF FORBES, N.S.W.
Mr. and Mrs. Wal. Robertson of the Rural Bank, Forbes, have received word that their only son, Flight Sergeant Frank Lorn Robertson, is presumed to have lost, his life flying over Belgium. Mr. Robertson started his banking career in Narrabri; and is a cousin of Mrs. W. K. Bailey.
Whilst the rest of the world was pleasurably anticipating the ending of the Pacific war on Tuesday, the manager of the Rural Bank at Forbes, Mr. W. F. Robertson, and his wife were burdened with the sad news that the earlier report that their only son, Flight-Sergt. Frank Lorne Robertson, was missing, believed killed, from air operations over Courtral, Belgium, on July 21, 1944, had been confirmed and his death was now presumed. When Mr. and Mrs. Robertson came from Corowa their son was then already missing. He was a gunner in a Lancaster bomber. At the time of his enlistment he was attached to the staff of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, and sailed from Australia on November 4, 1943. He was educated at Canberra Grammar School and at the time he was reported missing was 20½ years of age. The sympathy of their many friends will go out to the parents in their sad loss.
YOUNG AIRMAN'S
FATE
Death Established After
Nearly Three Years
After a lapse of nearly three years, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robertson of Church Street, Forbes, received word last week from the Casualty Section, Dept. of Air, advising that the No. 1 Missing Research and Enquiry Unit had discovered the grave of their son, Flt./ Sgt. Frank Lorne Robertson, in the civilian section of the cemetery at Loon Plage, seven and a half miles west of Dunkirk.
The grave was marked with a cross bearing the young airman's full name.
Flt./Sgt. Robertson was reported missing from a raid over Courtrai, Belgium, on July, 1944. Investigations were made until late last year in an endeavor to ascertain his fate, but no trace could be found. His death was then presumed.
Last week's communication to Mr. Robertson stated that the body of Sgt. Clark (R.A.F.), another member of the crew of the missing bomber, was washed upon the shore at Middlekerke, Belgium, and it was considered Flt./Sgt. Robertson's body had also been washed ashore. Investigations had failed to establish the date or circumstances surrounding the burial. The letter concluded by advising that the grave had been taken over and would be cared for in perpetuity by the War Graves Commission.