WOODS, Robert Donald
| Service Number: | 404747 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | KINGAROY, QLD, 19 November 1921 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 12 June 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT F.A.1. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Taxation Office Roll of Honour, Brisbane Taxation Office WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404747 | |
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| 8 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404747 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Donald Charles and Sarah Elizabeth Woods; husband of Eleanor Dorothy Woods, of Toowoomba, Queensland.
Flight Sergeant Robert Donald Woods (married), elder son of Mr and Mrs D. C. Woods, Broomfield Street, Taringa, lost his life as a result of an aircraft accident which occurred on Juno 12. He joined the RAAF in 1940, and trained as a wireless air gunner. For the past three months he had been serving at a Northern operational base.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Number 2 Squadron Lockheed Hudson A16-186 crashed at Hughes Strip, NT killing all crew on board:
Sergeant George Ridgway Rowland 409745 - Son of Richard James Rowland and Marion Rowland & Husband of Alma Rowland of St. Kilda, Victoria
Flight Sergeant Robert Donald Woods 404747 - Son of Donald Charles and Sarah Elizabeth Woods & Husband of Eleanor Dorothy Woods of Toowoomba, Queensland
Flight Sergeant Raymond James Flaherty 416180 - Son of Patrick James Flaherty and Esta Jane Flaherty & Husband of Elsie Elizabeth Annie Flaherty of Woodville Gardens, SA
Flight Lieutenant John Frederick Mason AFM 252763 - Son of Thomas Henry and Charlotte Mason & Husband of Anna Margaretha Mason of Black Forest, SA
Flying Officer Louis George Knauer 405180 - Son of Albert Louis and Ada Francis Knauer & Husband of Elsie Dorothy Mary Knauer of Brisbane, Queensland
Flying Officer Thomas Wallace Swann 411403 - Son of Thomas and Agnes Swann of Wedderburn, NSW
Flight Lieutenant John Richard Wood 280849 - Son of James William and Elsie Myrtle May Wood of Kings Park, SA
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