~~~~~~~Sergeant Robert Howells DALL, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF.~~~~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 416178
Next of kin:--- Hartley Dall
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 31st March 1941 at Adelaide, South Australia.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant, (Duty Wireless, Air Gunner)
Final Unit:--- RAAF No. 6 Squadron, operating from Seven Mile Strip, Port Moresby.
Fate: ---Presumed to have died in air operations in No. 6 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-216, over New Guinea area, on 25th August 1942.
Burial:--- No kown grave, "Known Unto God." remains never recovered.
Remembered:--- Panel 9, Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea.
Remembered:--- Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial
Remembered:--- World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Details of last mission:--- After taking off from Port Moresby on 25th August 1942, A16-216 went missing on a reconnaissance flight to Kieta and Buka. The crew members were:
Sergeant Robert Howells Dall (416178) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant David Kirke Godfrey (406674) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Francis Pfeiffer (403831) (Observer)
Flying Officer Walter Ralph Thompson Philipson (405500) (Pilot)
Memorials:--- Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial
~~~~~~~Sergeant Robert Howells DALL, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF.~~~~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 416178
Next of kin:--- Hartley Dall
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 31st March 1941 at Adelaide, South Australia.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant, (Duty Wireless, Air Gunner)
Final Unit:--- RAAF No. 6 Squadron, operating from Seven Mile Strip, Port Moresby.
Fate: ---Presumed to have died in air operations in No. 6 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-216, over New Guinea area, on 25th August 1942.
Burial:--- No kown grave, "Known Unto God." remains never recovered.
Remembered:--- Panel 9, Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea.
Remembered:--- Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial
Remembered:--- World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Details of last mission:--- After taking off from Port Moresby on 25th August 1942, A16-216 went missing on a reconnaissance flight to Kieta and Buka. The crew members were:
Sergeant Robert Howells Dall (416178) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant David Kirke Godfrey (406674) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Francis Pfeiffer (403831) (Observer)
Flying Officer Walter Ralph Thompson Philipson (405500) (Pilot)
Memorials:--- Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial
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