LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Robert Henry McILROY
Service No: 35228
Born: 19 March 1914, Location Unknown
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 February 1941
Unit: No. 2 Aircraft Deport, RAAF Richmond NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Aircraft Depot Hudson aircraft A16-68), Richmond, 20 December 1944, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Richmond War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ephraim James McIlroy and Florence Amy McIlroy; husband of Nell Frances McIlroy, of Kogarah.
Roll of Honour: Kogarah NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1635 hours on 20 December 1944, Hudson A16-68 crashed on approach to Richmond and all on board were killed. The cause of the accident is undetermined. On board the aircraft were:
Corporal John McLennan Allen (36531) (Fitter IIA)
Pilot Officer John James Broderick (409022) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Leading Aircraftman Noel Austin Chamberlain (15786) (Fitter IIE)
Leading Aircraftman John Michael Gleeson (62705) (Fitter IIE)
Corporal Robert Henry McIlroy (35228)
Aircraftwoman Nancy Margaret Ralph (109913) (Flight Rigger)
Flight Lieutenant Ronald William Shore (411199) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Francis Fletcher Smith (64697) (Fitter IIA)
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 A9845, 138