Neville ABBOTT

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Service Number:	420513
Enlisted:	8 November 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 5 December 1914
Home Town:	Rushcutters Bay, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ashfield Technical School, Ultimo Technical School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk / Improvement Contractor
Died:	Flying Battle, New Guinea, 13 July 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot KK, Row D, Grave 13 Personal Inscription ~ "PRAY LET HIS SLEEP BE SWEET FOR 'NEATH YOUR CROSS AN AIRMAN LIES"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 420513
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Sydney
8 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 420513, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
13 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 420513, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
13 Jul 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 420513, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Failed to return from an offensive barge sweep from Dandriwad River to Muschu Island, New Guinea. Crashed at sea off Muschu Island.

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30 Squadron. Plane was Beaufighter A19-185

Rank - Warrant Officer

Son of Robert Fletcher Abbott and Alice Abbott; Husband of Grace Emily Abbott, of Darlinghurst, New South Wales.