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 Kim Roberts   Lindesay Russell   (Dr) William Robert T (Bill)

 (1936-40)  Brine (1934-39)   Cuthbertson (1922-31)



 Kim was a boarder from   Lindesay lived in Mount Lawley and   Bill lived in West Perth and attended Hale with his
 Bunbury. He attended   was the son of Mr Bill Brine who was   two brothers from 1922 to 1931.   He had the unique
 Hale School between   Chairman of the Board of Governors   distinction of being DUX of the School in both 1930 and
 1936 and 1940, was   at the time that this land was   1931, seventy years ago.
 a prefect, the stroke   purchased at Wembley Downs for
 of the Head of the   a future School site. Brine House is   After gaining his Master of Science degree from UWA he
 River crew, was in the   named after Bill Brine, (1905) who did   sailed for England and there completed his PhD before
 football, boxing and   so much for the School in the difficult   embarking on a career as a research scientist. He joined
 athletics teams and was   years during the 1930s.   the Royal Air Force and trained as a navigator, being
 a member of the School   posted eventually to No 101 Squadron for operations on
 cadet unit.   He attended Hale between 1934 and   Lancaster aircraft.
 1939 then began an engineering
 He joined up in 1940   course at UWA in 1940.   His aircraft was shot down on the 29th June 1944. He was
 and after training on   29 years of age.
 various types of aircraft   He joined the Royal Australian Air
 was posted to No   Force in 1941 and after training   Placed by his cousin Sir Ronald Wilson.
 619 Squadron of the   in Canada and then instructing in
 Royal Air Force, flying   the United Kingdom for two and a   PLAQUE NO 60:
 Lancaster aircraft.   half years he was posted to No 467
 Kim Roberts (1936-40)  Squadron of the Royal Australian Air
 He was subsequently awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for   Force for a tour of operations.   Harry Hale (1930-38)
 operations over Occupied Europe but was shot down on his
 penultimate flight on the night of D-Day in June 1944, close to the   After only several flights, however,   Harry lived in Cottesloe and attended Hale School from
 village of Auvers in Normandy. He was 21 years of age.   he and his crew were killed over   1930 to 1938. He trained as a lawyer then joined the air
 Zwillbroek on the Dutch/German   force in 1942. He was subsequently posted to England and
 Placed by his Haleian brother, Mr Newton Roberts (1937-42), his sister,   border on the 22nd June 1944.  He   then joined No 625 Squadron of the Royal Air Force.
 Mrs Moya Rotheray, assisted by his Haleian nephew, Mr Kim Roberts   was 22 years of age.
 Junior (1966-69).   He was killed over the English Channel on the 1st July,
 Placed by his niece, Jennifer Brine.   1944. He was 22 years of age.
 A memorial now stands for Kim in the village churchyard of Auvers.
            Placed by a close friend at School in the 1930s, Mr Peter
            Salmon (1937-38) the Senior Vice-President of the 2/28th
            Australian Infantry Battalion Association, in Western
            Australia.
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