LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Carl Bernard DOBBIE
Service No: 253506
Born: 19 December 1904, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 10 Operations Group, Nadzab PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Nadzab, 16 January 1944, Aged 39 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Dobbie; husband of Ruby May Dobbie, of St. Kilda, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Hobart TAS
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At Nadzab on 16 January 1944, Flight Lieutenant Dobbie (Administrative and Special Duties) died from injuries received when he was struck by a taxying aircraft.
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, 166/10/170