Robert Nelson VROLAND

VROLAND, Robert Nelson

Service Number: 254197
Enlisted: 17 January 1942, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Squadron Leader
Last Unit: HQ RAAF Command - WW2
Born: Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 21 October 1905
Home Town: Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Scotch College, University of Melbourne
Occupation: Solicitor
Died: Heart Attack, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia, 7 April 1964, aged 58 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 2 Service

17 Jan 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 254197, HQ RAAF Command - WW2, Melbourne, Vic.
2 Apr 1947: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 254197
Date unknown: Involvement 254197

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Biography

Husband of Phyllis VROLAND, 18 Ferncroft Avenue, East Malvern, Vic.

Winner of Supreme Court Judges Prize 1924

President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria 1956-1964  and represented Australia at the 1960 Lawn Tennis Federation meeting at Paris. He died of a heart attack while playing tennis at Kooyong on 7 April 1964.