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ROSS, Hugh Robert Hector
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 408339 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Hainton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 17 December 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Grave 13730 Headstone inscription reads: He that loseth his life ... shall find it Roll of Honour - Hobart, Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Wahroonga Knox Grammar School Old Boys' War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 408339 | |
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| 6 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 408339, Enlisted at Hobart | |
| 6 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 408339, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Trevor Wilson Ross OBE and Henrietta Katharine Ann Ross of Melbourne; husband of Winifred Mary Ross
Plane was Lancaster 111 JM715 crashed at 23.54 hours 9 miles west south west of Louth while returning home from air operations over Berlin