Robert Bruce WARDROBE

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WARDROBE, Robert Bruce

Service Number:	412221
Enlisted:	22 June 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1919
Home Town:	Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales
Schooling:	Chatswood & North Sydney High Schools
Occupation:	Advertising Agent
Died:	Flying Accident, Libya, Middle East, 20 July 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya Tripoli War Cemetery, Tripoli, Libya
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 412221
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412221, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
20 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412221, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant Robert Bruce Wardrobe 412221 was killed in Kittyhawk FL268 of 3SQN RAAF / 4 Aircraft Delivery Unit RAF when his aircraft stalled and crashed at Azizi / Azizia airfield

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Robert Bruce WARDROBE was born in Leeton, NSW on 23rd May, 1919

His parents were George William WARDROBE & Grace Joyce GIBSON who married in NSW in 1918

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His headstone reads:

"FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS IS THE MEMORY OF A DEAR SON"

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