LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Robert Walter KOSCHADE
Service No: 47016
Born: Strathalbyn SA, 10 October 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1941
Discharged from the RAAF: 29 May 1942
Unit: No. 2 Air Observers School
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 31 January 1947, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Emma Louise Koschade, of Malvern
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 166, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 May 1942, Corporal Koschade, an Equipment Assistant, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit. He died from Tuberculosis on 31 January 1947.
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 A9301, 47016