Squadron Leader Robert Barson Cowper

Service number	407666
Birth Date	1922-06-24
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Broken Hill
Death Date	2016-06-21
Final Rank	Squadron Leader
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Units	No. 456 Squadron No. 108 Squadron (RAF)
Place	Broken Hill
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1945-02-09 Published in London Gazette in 1943-08-31 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-02-15 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-09-09

Collection items

Date of birth	24 June 1922
Other units	12 December 1940	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	06 April 1941	Left Australia.
Date promoted	28 July 1941	Pilot officer.
Other	09 August 1941	Left Canada.
Other units	09 September 1941	No 10 Operational Training Unit, Scotland.
Other units	11 November 1941	No 153 Squadron.
Date promoted	28 January 1942	Flying officer.
Other units	01 February 1943	No 89 Squadron.
Other units	15 March 1943	No 108 Squadron.
Date promoted	28 July 1943	Flight lieutenant.
Date promoted	01 January 1945	Squadron leader.
Other units	08 May 1945	No 456 Squadron.
Other units	29 May 1945	Commanding Officer No 456 Squadron.
Other units	15 June 1945	Headquarters Fighter Control.
Date of death	21 June 2016