CAMPBELL, Neil James Herbert
| Service Number: | 414897 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
| Born: | Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1923 |
| Home Town: | Mareeba, Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mt. Molloy State School |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row D Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 414897 | |
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| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414897, Aircrew Training Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Neil and Martha Mishall Elizabeth Campbell, of Mount Molloy, Queensland.
TWO AIRMEN KILLED
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Pilot Officer Maxwell Albert Tait, of Pennant Hills (N.S.W.), pilot, and L.A.C. Neil James Herbert Campbell, of Mt. Molloy (Q.), operator, were killed when an aircraft dived into the ground during air gunnery exercises at an R.A.A.F. training station in north-eastern New South Wales on Sunday.
CAMPBELL.—In loving memory of our dearly beloved son and only brother 414897 LAC. Neil James Herbert (Smoky) Campbell, who was killed in air crash on February 14, 1943. in N.S.W
He is safe in the keeping of Jesus,
Away from all sorrow and care.
In the beautiful Kingdom of Heaven,
He is waiting, to welcome us there.
"Flower of Youth."
(Inserted by his loving mother, father and only brother Gordan, A.LF.)
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Fairey Battle V1232 from Number 1 Bomb & Gunnery School crashed at Evans Head killing Pilot Officer Tait 413802 and LAC Campbell 414897
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