Neville Gerrard ARMSTRONG

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ARMSTRONG, Neville Gerrard

Service Number:	413721
Enlisted:	13 September 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Wonoona, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1923
Home Town:	Woolloomooloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Lithgow Technical High School, Litghgow, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Lithgow Branch
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor, 19 May 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia. Panel 9.
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 413721
13 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
13 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 413721

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-58 of Number 31 Squadron was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Penfoie Aerodrome, Timor and both crewmen were KIA - commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT are:

Sergeant Stanley Thomas Robertson 37061 - Son of Leonard Clarence and Vera May Robertson of Marrickville, NSW

Sergeant Neville Gerrard Armstrong 413721 - Son of Gerrard Thomas Garnet Armstrong and Mildred Grace Armstrong of Ewey Bay, NSW

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