Noel Austin CHAMBERLAIN

CHAMBERLAIN, Noel Austin

Service Number: 15786
Enlisted: 18 June 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 2 Aircraft Depot Richmond
Born: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 13 December 1913
Home Town: Bulahdelah, Great Lakes, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Forestry Worker
Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 20 December 1944, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Richmond War Cemetery, NSW
Plot C, Row D, Grave 9
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 15786
18 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 15786, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
20 Dec 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Aircraft Depot Richmond

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lockheed Hudson A16-68 crashed at Richmond aerodrome in NSW while undergoing a test flight after servicing at RAAF Number 2 Aircraft Depot with all on board killed.

The crew were FLTLT Shore 411199 (Pilot) and FLGOFF Broderick 409022 (WAG)

All others on board were ground crew: Corporal McIlroy 35228 / LAC Chamberlain 15786 / LAC Gleeson 62705 / LAC Smith 64697 / Corporal Allen 36531 / Aircraftwoman Nancy Margaret Ralph 109913 WAAAF

Biography contributed

Noel Austin CHAMBERLAIN was born in Maitland on 13th December, 1913

His parents were Thomas Adam CHAMBERLAIN & Louisa Frances RELTON who married in Maitland in 1893

He married Joan Esme FAINT in Sydney in 1943