Sergeant Roger Sides served in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II Service started: 20 July 1941 Unit(s): 100 SQUADRON RAF Service ended: 12 March 1943
ROGER FISHER ROWE SIDES served with the Royal Australian Air Force; Service Number: 412850[2]; attached to the RAF 100 Squadron, Bomber Command, based at Grimsby, UK attaining the rank of Sergeant
Sergeant Roger Sides was Killed in Action during World War II.
He died during operations over Germany in March 1943. RAAF # 412850
100 Squadron Lancaster ED544 - entire crew buried Reichwald
Navigator Lancaster Bomber
[4][5] Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry - [6]
Grave:
SIDES, ROGER FISHER ROWE, Sergeant, 412850, 12 March 1943 Age 24
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Coll. grave 3. C. 11-12. Royal Australian Air Force [7][8]
Roll of Honour:
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thu 16 Dec 1943 Page 8 Family Notices[9]?
SIDES.—March 12, 1943, Sgt-Observer Roger Fisher-Rowe, R.A.A.F., Navigator Bomber Command (Lancaster), over Essen, beloved youngest brother of Edgar and Phil and dear uncle of Tony, Roger, and Michial, Kensington Park. Goolgowi.
Sources
↑Birth: New South Wales BDM: ROGER F SIDES,
District: Ashfield, Parents: George F, Gertrude E,
Registration number: 14655/1919
↑World War Two Service (Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs : accessed 13 Oct 2023), Veteran Details for ROGER FISHER ROWE SIDES for Service with the Royal Australian Air Force. Service Number: 412850; Rank: Sergeant; Enlistment from 20 July 1941 to 12 March 1943.
↑ National Archives Australia holds three related files: ROGER FISHER ROWE SIDES, Service number: 412850, Date of birth: 19 March 1919, Date of death: 12 March 1943, Next of kin: George Sides, File item barcode numbers: 5523824, 1076097(digitised item), 21287210
↑Memorial:
"Commonwealth War Graves Commission"
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-westfalen, Germany. (Plot: Coll. grave 3. C. 11-12) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record (accessed 13 October 2023)
Memorial page for Roger Fisher Rowe Sides. Service number: 412850; Rank: Sergeant; Died: 12 March 1943; Age: 24.
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Australian Air Force (Australia); Additional Info: Son of George Frederick and Gertruge Evelyn Sides, of Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.
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