407666 Flight Lieutenant Robert Barson Cowper, DFC & bar

Date of birth	1922-06-24	Broken Hill, NSW
Other units	1940-12-12	No 5 Initial Training School.
Other units	1941	No 8 Elementary Flying School.
Other units	1941-04	No 11 Service Flying Training School, Canada.
Other	1941-04-06	Left Australia.
Date promoted	1941-07-28	Pilot officer.
Other	1941-08-09	Left Canada.
Other units	1941-09-09	No 10 Operational Training Unit, Scotland.
Other units	1941-11-11	No 153 Squadron.
Date promoted	1942-01-28	Flying officer.
Other units	1943-02-01	No 89 Squadron.
Other units	1943-03-15	No 108 Squadron.
Date promoted	1943-07-28	Flight lieutenant.
Date promoted	1945-01-01	Squadron leader.
Other units	1945-05-08	No 456 Squadron.
Other units	1945-05-29	Commanding Officer No 456 Squadron.
Other units	1945-06-15	Headquarters Fighter Control.

Enlisted in RAAF and served with Fighter Command in England and Europe during Second World War.