LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Robert Andrew BUCKLEY
Service No: 118065
Born: Malvern VIC, 15 August 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 September 1942
Unit: Care and Maintenance Unit School, Benalla VIC
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 22 October 1946, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Joseph and Emile Muriel Buckley, of Melbourne; husband of Nancy Buckley, of Kew
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 August 1946, Leading Aircraftman Buckley was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital suffering
from Synonova of the forearm with Secondaries and he died at 0630 hours on 22 October 1946.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/1494