ERNST, Neville Lawrence
| Service Number: | 12305 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Port Moresby, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, 8 December 1941, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, 12305 |
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Neville Lawrence ERNST
Neville first flew in a plane with the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. The family, at the time, lived at West Maitland, and he, Zena, and their parents frequently flew with "Smithy" in the old Southern Cross to Sydney. Neville was always fascinated by aeroplanes, and at the age of eight won first prize at Maitland School in a model-aeroplane building competition. He had made large models of various types of planes before enlisting, six months after the outbreak of war. Gifted with a fine baritone voice, he won first prize in a singing competition at a country Air Force school, the song being "Pennies From Heaven"
-O.S.H.
Crashed at Port Moresby,8th December,1941
CREW-
FLT.LT. N.P.REID
P.O. L.J.SLOAN
CPL. N.L.ERNST
CPL. E.J.O'DONNELL
L.A.C C.J.MATHERSON
A.C.I. G.R.PETERSON
A.C.I. K.M.SIDEY
A.C.I. A.W.MAGEE
Submitted 3 January 2016 by Roy Andrews Andrews
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