LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Robert Allan Ross BRAYE
Service No: 6137
Born: Waratah NSW, 8 September 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 November 1939
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Raid, Libya, 26 December 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Alfred Inglis Braye and Sarah Brewer Braye; husband of Gladys Olive Braye, of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Teralba NSW
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1300 hours on 26 December 1941, Leading Aircraftman Braye, a Driver Motor Transport, was killed during an air raid.
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, 163/93/386