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ROXBURGH, David Edward William
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 421397 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 79 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 22 April 1923 |
| Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.T.B.15, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Anakie David ROXBURGH Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Norman William and Ethel Dorothy Roxburgh of Orange South, NSW
Sergeant Roxburgh from 79SQN RAAF was on a training flight in Spitfire aircraft EE834 when it crashed near Parwan coalmine, south-west of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria (mentioned in the book "A Call To Arms" a memoir by Arthur Gately who mis-spelt the name as "Roxborough")
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