Robert Richard Falkiner SWORDS

SWORDS, Robert Richard Falkiner

Service Number: 408537
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Dandenong, Victoria, Australia , 23 September 1912
Home Town: Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: (Flying Accident, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, 21 January 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Saint Mary and Saint Andrew Churchyard, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, England
A 17
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 408537

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Robert Richard Falkiner Swords 408537 RAAF and Sergeant Michael Paul Fahey R/132574 RCAF were killed when Miles Master DL800 of Number 17 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF crashed in Cambridge, England

Swords. 408537 Sgt.-Pilot Robert Richard Falkiner (R.A.A.F.), result of aircraft accident, recently, Cambridge, England, beloved youngest son of Mrs. J. E. Swords and the late Frederick Walter Swords, Nenagh Lodge, 36 Close street, Dandenong, and loved brother of Florence (Mrs. Stewart, Essendon), Constance (Mrs. Lugge), James, Charlotte (Mrs. Lawrence, Tasmania), Evelyn (Mrs. Bailey), Frederick, John (deceased), Alfred, Henry, and Edwin.

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1921

Name  Robt Richd Falkiner Swords
Birth Registration Date 1912
Birth Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Father Fredk Walter Swords
Mother Swords
Reference Number 28898