ROBINSON, Alton Neil Goulburn
| Service Number: | 422885 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1922 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mudgee High School, NSW |
| Occupation: | Shell Company Employee |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 2 February 1945, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Clichy Northern Cemetery, France Plot 16, Row 10, Grave 2, Clichy Northern Cemetery, Clichy, Ile-de-France, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 422885 | |
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| 26 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 422885, Sydney | |
| 26 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422885 | |
| 2 Feb 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422885, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alton Neil Goulburn ROBINSON was born on 19th September, 1922 at Gulgong, New South Wales
His parents were John William ROBINSON & Irene Vera BUCHANAN who married in 1913 (reg. in Merriwa, NSW)
He enlisted in Sydney on 26th May, 1942 with the Royal Australian Air Force
Alton died in a Flying Battle on 2nd February, 1945 as the Pilot of a Lancaster Bomber which flew over Karlsruhe in the Siegfried defences and was unable to reach its home base - the entire crew lost their lives
He is buried in the Clichy Northern Cemetery, Plot 16, Row 10, Grave 2 and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Mudgee, NSW
Inscription on his headstone reads:
'A BRAVE, NOBLE LIFE, EVER REMEMBERED BY LOVING FAMILY, MUDGEE, AUSTRALIA"
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