ROBINSON, Francis Joseph
Service Number: | 264997 |
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Enlisted: | 30 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 32 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1903 |
Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Assistant Credit Manager, Caltex Ltd. |
Died: | (Aircraft accident, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia, 23 July 1943, aged 40 years |
Cemetery: |
Gladstone Cemetery, Qld R.C. Plot - Grave 1694 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 264997 | |
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30 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircrew Training Units | |
30 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 264997 | |
23 Jul 1943: | Involvement No. 32 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Joseph George and Alice Mary Robinson of Sydney, NSW
Husband of Phyllis Ann Robinson of Bondi, NSW
RAAF Avro Anson aircraft AX471 clipped a Pisonia tree on Heron Island off the central Queensland coast with one of its wings and crashed into the ground at 1040 hours on 23 July 1943 while on a non-operational training flight. Of the five crew on board, three were killed instantly and two others were seriously injured - one of whom died a week later from his injuries. Crew list:
Flying Officer David Skene Paterson (405931) 66 Squadron RAAF
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Robinson (264997) 32 Squadron RAAF
Flying Officer Fabian Crothers McMaster (420102) 71 Squadron RAAF
Flying Officer Ronald Douglas Robertson (411951) of 71 Squadron RAAF died on 1 August 1943. Ronald was the uncle of the famous Australian barrister Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.
The other seriously injured crew member was AC Eastoe (124403) - Thomas George Eastoe served in the ACMF with Army Number Q3769 prior to enlisting in the RAAF - he survived this aircraft crash and was discharged from the RAAF in December 1945