Frank Henry ROSSITER

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ROSSITER, Frank Henry

Service Number:	432268
Enlisted:	5 December 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Bexley, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1924
Home Town:	Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), At sea, Torres Strait, Horn Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 432268
5 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432268

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Norseman aircraft A71-1 from 5 Communication Unit based at Garbutt crashed into the sea near Boigu Island in the Torres Strait

Flight Sergeant Frank Henry Rossiter 432268 / LAC Clifford David Searle 76295 / LAC John Norman George Dunn 28046 were killed - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Sydney Memorial

Corporal Victor Clifford Robinson 33134 / LAC Leslie James Hart 63374 / LAC David Roy Tomasetti 41715 all survived

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