LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Robert Eric FRASER
Service No: 405304
Born: Dalby QLD, 10 February 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 March 1941
Unit: No. 23 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 23 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-532), near Toowoomba QLD, 7 April 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Victoria Alice Maud Fraser, of Toowoomba. B.A. (Queensland), A.Ed., M.R.S.T.
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 April 1942, Wirraway A20-532 crashed 2 miles north of the Toowoomba aerodrome and both crew members were killed.
The crew members of A20-532 were:
Sergeant Robert Eric Fraser (405304) (Pilot)
Sergeant James Alexander Mant (5799) (Observer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/113/192; A9845, 196