LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Geoffrey Wyndham ROSE
Service No: 402954
Born: Dalgety NSW, 18 April 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940
Unit: No. 92 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 92 Squadron Spitfire aircraft BR393), Libya, 8 January 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Reuben and Freda Marjorie Rose, of Dalgety, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Cooma NSW
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Flying Officer Rose flying Spitfire BR393 was reported missing on 8 January 1943. The aircraft was last seen in action some 15/20 miles north of Tamet landing ground, Libya, at 1713 hours on 8 January. Flying Officer Rose’s body was later found alongside his aircraft on 16 June 1943.
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, 166/36/9