LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Robert Roy DONALDSON
Service No: 407146
Born: Waikerie SA, 23 March 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1940
Unit: No. 454 Squadron, Berka III Landing Ground, Libya
Died: Air Operations (No. 454 Squadron Baltimore aircraft FW315), Aegean Sea, 13 December 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James and Florence Elsie Donaldson, of Waikerie, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Waikerie SA
Remembered: Column 277, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 13 December 1943, Baltimore FW315 went missing on operations in the Aegean Sea. The crew members of FW315 were:
Pilot Officer Royston Charles Keith Anderson (400956) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Robert Roy Donaldson (407146) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Douglas Todhunter (403230) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer William Garth Ward (407979) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/10/157