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BOYD, Thompson Neville Digby
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 402435 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1913 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | unknown |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Accidental, Gloucester, United Kingdom, 26 October 1941, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England Plot B, Grave 9550 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402435 | |
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| 26 Oct 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 402435, Operational Training Units (RAF), 23 Operational Training RAF |
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Thompson Neville Digby BOYD was born in Drummoyne, Sydney on 18th July, 1913
His parents were Thompson Keith BOYD & Ivy Amy ROSE who married in Sydney in 1912
He married Beryl Sylvia MERRETT in Sydney on 17th June 1939 - one daughter Susan
He died in an aircraft accident in Gloucester, England on 26th October, 1941
His headstone reads:
"For ever young, he died for freedom"
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