COASTWATCHERS Woodroffe, Roy

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Woodroffe ​

• FORENAME

Roy ​

• UNIT

R.A.N.R. (HMAS Madang) (New Ireland) ​

• RANK

Leading Telegraphist ​

• NUMBER

F329/10 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

8th October 1942 ​

• AGE

32 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery,Papua New Guinea E.D.7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 11.1.1910 Kalgoorlie,Western Australia​

son of Thomas Robert and May Woodroffe,Mosman Park,Western Australia​

enlisted 2.9.1939​

POW July 1942 Anir Island,New Ireland​

executed by Japanese in New Guinea ​

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