John Robertson ROSS

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ROSS, John Robertson

Service Number:	400157
Enlisted:	23 June 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1916
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Schofields, New South Wales, Australia, Richmond, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 October 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria C of E Plot Compartment G Grave 61
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll, Toowoomba Anglican College Faithful Unto Death

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400157
23 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400157

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Ryan Trainer aircraft A50-21 of Number 452 Squadron RAAF crashed at Schofields in NSW on the 20th of October 1942 killing Flight Lieutenant John Robertson Ross 400157 - buried in Brighton Cemetery, Victoria

The aircraft’s passenger was LAC Walter Clarence Elliott 14856 who died the next day in hospital from his injuries and is buried in Sydney War Cemetery

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