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Name	Robert E. Hitchcock
Born	1912 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Died	13 August, 1940 (aged ~ 28) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	air crash
Occupation or Descriptor *	air force officer (1936-1940) Federal, Australia
Key Events *	Canberra Air Disaster, 1940 (victim)

* Dates are approximate